The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 9J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... Manner of Writing , " 20 . Newspaper Abuse , 66 . Nice People , 99 . Nicknames , 85 . Night , 19 . 1 " Nil Admirari , " 118 . Number , 27 . Numeration , 27 . " Edipus , " 236 . Officers , 55 . Old Age , 91. 212 . Old English Divines ...
... Manner of Writing , " 20 . Newspaper Abuse , 66 . Nice People , 99 . Nicknames , 85 . Night , 19 . 1 " Nil Admirari , " 118 . Number , 27 . Numeration , 27 . " Edipus , " 236 . Officers , 55 . Old Age , 91. 212 . Old English Divines ...
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... manners as they were , I have been careful to show his superiority to the common forms of common life . It is surely no dispraise to an oak that it does not bear jessamine ; and he who should plant honey- suckle round Trajan's column ...
... manners as they were , I have been careful to show his superiority to the common forms of common life . It is surely no dispraise to an oak that it does not bear jessamine ; and he who should plant honey- suckle round Trajan's column ...
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... tenderness , praising his ac- quaintance with life and manners , and recollecting one piece of advice that no man surely ever followed more ( 1 ) [ See antè , Vol . I. p . 45. ] 66 exactly . " Obtain , ” says Ford , B 2 PIOZZI . 3.
... tenderness , praising his ac- quaintance with life and manners , and recollecting one piece of advice that no man surely ever followed more ( 1 ) [ See antè , Vol . I. p . 45. ] 66 exactly . " Obtain , ” says Ford , B 2 PIOZZI . 3.
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... manner of gesticulating , much blamed or wondered at the good lady's solicitude concerning her son's behaviour . 9. Parental Authority . Though he was attentive to the peace of children in general , no man had a stronger contempt than ...
... manner of gesticulating , much blamed or wondered at the good lady's solicitude concerning her son's behaviour . 9. Parental Authority . Though he was attentive to the peace of children in general , no man had a stronger contempt than ...
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... manner at once sullen and sheepish . " That lad , " says Mr. Johnson , " looks like the son of a schoolmaster ; which , ” added he , " is one of the very worst conditions of childhood : such a boy has no father , or worse than none ; he ...
... manner at once sullen and sheepish . " That lad , " says Mr. Johnson , " looks like the son of a schoolmaster ; which , ” added he , " is one of the very worst conditions of childhood : such a boy has no father , or worse than none ; he ...
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acquaintance ANECDOTES OF DR answer antè asked believe better Bolt Court Boswell Brocklesby Burke Burney called character commended conversation dear death delight desired dinner Doctor dress Edmund Burke elegance expressed eyes familiar chat favour favourite fear fellow Frank Barber Garrick gentleman George Psalmanazar give hand hated Hawkins hear heard honour Hoole hope human humour Jeremiah Markland knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield lived look Lord loved Lucy Porter Madam manner Markland mentioned mind morning nature never observed occasion once opinion perhaps person pleasure Poets praise recollect remember repeated replied Samuel Johnson Sastres says Johnson seemed Shakspeare Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spoke story Strahan Streatham suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale tion told took verses virtue Whig Whiggism wife wished words write young