The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... quiry were exerted upon every occasion . " Pray ( said he ) , how did your ancestor support his thirty men and thirty horses when he went at a distance from home , in an age when there was hardly any Etat . 68. ] 19 DR . JOHNSON .
... quiry were exerted upon every occasion . " Pray ( said he ) , how did your ancestor support his thirty men and thirty horses when he went at a distance from home , in an age when there was hardly any Etat . 68. ] 19 DR . JOHNSON .
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... occasions and on small . Taylor , who praised every thing of his own to excess , in short , whose geese were all swans , " as the proverb says , expatiated on the excellence of his bull - dog , which , he told us , was " perfectly well ...
... occasions and on small . Taylor , who praised every thing of his own to excess , in short , whose geese were all swans , " as the proverb says , expatiated on the excellence of his bull - dog , which , he told us , was " perfectly well ...
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... occasion , when in company with some very grave men at Oxford , his toast was , " Here's to the next in- surrection of the negroes in the West Indies . " His violent prejudice against our West Indian and Ame- rican settlers appeared ...
... occasion , when in company with some very grave men at Oxford , his toast was , " Here's to the next in- surrection of the negroes in the West Indies . " His violent prejudice against our West Indian and Ame- rican settlers appeared ...
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... occasion to corrupt its members ; assert- ing , that there was hardly ever any question of great importance before Parliament , any question in which a man might not very well vote either upon one Etat . 68. ] 45 DR . JOHNSON .
... occasion to corrupt its members ; assert- ing , that there was hardly ever any question of great importance before Parliament , any question in which a man might not very well vote either upon one Etat . 68. ] 45 DR . JOHNSON .
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... occasions . I shall be obliged to you if you will explain it to me ; for it seems wonderful that pleasure should be more vivid at a distance than when near . I wish you may find yourself in a humour to do me this favour ; but I flatter ...
... occasions . I shall be obliged to you if you will explain it to me ; for it seems wonderful that pleasure should be more vivid at a distance than when near . I wish you may find yourself in a humour to do me this favour ; but I flatter ...
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