Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... shew me , that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon ...
... shew me , that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon ...
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... shew Mrs. Williams such a degree of humane attention , as frequently imposed some restraint upon him ; and I knew that if she should be obstinate , he would not stir . I hastened down stairs to the blind lady's room , and told her I was ...
... shew Mrs. Williams such a degree of humane attention , as frequently imposed some restraint upon him ; and I knew that if she should be obstinate , he would not stir . I hastened down stairs to the blind lady's room , and told her I was ...
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... shews himself to be of the WARBURTONIAN SCHOOL . It is nevertheless true , as appears from Dr. Hurd the Bishop of Worcester's very elegant commentary and notes on the " Epistola ad Pisones . ' It is necessary to a fair consideration of ...
... shews himself to be of the WARBURTONIAN SCHOOL . It is nevertheless true , as appears from Dr. Hurd the Bishop of Worcester's very elegant commentary and notes on the " Epistola ad Pisones . ' It is necessary to a fair consideration of ...
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... shew a fine print of a beautiful female figure which hung in the room , and pointed out the elegant contour of the bosom with the finger of an arch con- noisseur . He afterwards in a conversation with me waggishly insisted , that all ...
... shew a fine print of a beautiful female figure which hung in the room , and pointed out the elegant contour of the bosom with the finger of an arch con- noisseur . He afterwards in a conversation with me waggishly insisted , that all ...
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... shew him any little countenance , or pay him any small distinction . How much it is in your power to favour or to forward a young man I do not know ; nor do I know how much this candidate deserves favour by his personal merit , or what ...
... shew him any little countenance , or pay him any small distinction . How much it is in your power to favour or to forward a young man I do not know ; nor do I know how much this candidate deserves favour by his personal merit , or what ...
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