The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 257
... appeared , notwith- standing a great degree of ill health that he seemed to labour under , to interest and amuse him , as agreeing with the dis- position that I believe you know he constantly manifested towards enquiring into subjects ...
... appeared , notwith- standing a great degree of ill health that he seemed to labour under , to interest and amuse him , as agreeing with the dis- position that I believe you know he constantly manifested towards enquiring into subjects ...
Page 336
... appeared at Oxford , where he expressed great dissatisfaction at his varying the old established toast , Church and King . " ' The Archbishop of Canter- bury , ' said he , ( with an affected smooth smiling grimace ) ' drinks ...
... appeared at Oxford , where he expressed great dissatisfaction at his varying the old established toast , Church and King . " ' The Archbishop of Canter- bury , ' said he , ( with an affected smooth smiling grimace ) ' drinks ...
Page 357
... appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an advanced age , and who had retired from life with declared disappointment in his expectations . An instance at once of his pensive turn of mind , and his ...
... appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an advanced age , and who had retired from life with declared disappointment in his expectations . An instance at once of his pensive turn of mind , and his ...
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