The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... remarkable for good breeding : so that the notion which has been industriously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till late in life , and , consequently had been confirmed in coarse and ferocious manners by long ...
... remarkable for good breeding : so that the notion which has been industriously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till late in life , and , consequently had been confirmed in coarse and ferocious manners by long ...
Page 116
... remarkable , that Johnson's last quoted letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair confession that he had not a dinner ; and it is no less remarkable , that though in this state of want himself , his benevolent heart was not insensible to ...
... remarkable , that Johnson's last quoted letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair confession that he had not a dinner ; and it is no less remarkable , that though in this state of want himself , his benevolent heart was not insensible to ...
Page 140
... remarkable , that in this biographical disquisition there appears a very strong symptom of Johnson's prejudice against players ; a prejudice which may be attributed to the following causes : first , the imperfection of his organs ...
... remarkable , that in this biographical disquisition there appears a very strong symptom of Johnson's prejudice against players ; a prejudice which may be attributed to the following causes : first , the imperfection of his organs ...
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