The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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... be vindicated both from the injurious misrepresentations of this author , and from the slighter aspersions of a lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from bishop Warburton to ...
... be vindicated both from the injurious misrepresentations of this author , and from the slighter aspersions of a lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from bishop Warburton to ...
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... contented to pass many years as the domestick companion of a superannuated lord and lady , conversation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimneypiece , or the fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen .
... contented to pass many years as the domestick companion of a superannuated lord and lady , conversation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimneypiece , or the fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen .
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... and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a cone , he corrected my inaccuracy , by showing me , that it was indeed pointed at the top , but that one side of it was larger than the other . And the ladies with ...
... and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a cone , he corrected my inaccuracy , by showing me , that it was indeed pointed at the top , but that one side of it was larger than the other . And the ladies with ...
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Being asked if he could remember queen Anne , -- " He had , ” he said , “ a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hoodi . ” This touch , however , was without any effect .
Being asked if he could remember queen Anne , -- " He had , ” he said , “ a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hoodi . ” This touch , however , was without any effect .
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When Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved , owing to their mother's strict discipline and severe correction , he exclaimed , in one of Shakspeare's lines , a little variedy ...
When Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved , owing to their mother's strict discipline and severe correction , he exclaimed , in one of Shakspeare's lines , a little variedy ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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