The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 9Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... Essay on Man , " 204 . Evil Propensions , 209 . Exercise , 117 . Exercises , bodily , 2 . Every - day Knowledge , 70 . Eye - sight , 192 . " Fair Penitent , " 124 . Falstaff , 71 . Favourite Verses , Johnson's , 205 CONTENTS . ix.
... Essay on Man , " 204 . Evil Propensions , 209 . Exercise , 117 . Exercises , bodily , 2 . Every - day Knowledge , 70 . Eye - sight , 192 . " Fair Penitent , " 124 . Falstaff , 71 . Favourite Verses , Johnson's , 205 CONTENTS . ix.
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... Johnson's , 205 . Favours , 98 . Fawkes's Anacreon , 14 . Fear , 101 . Fear of death , 135. 248 . Female Friendship , 203 . Female Gluttony , 120 . " Fiddle - de - dee , " 253 . Fielding , 322 . Fielding's " Amelia , " 80 . Filial ...
... Johnson's , 205 . Favours , 98 . Fawkes's Anacreon , 14 . Fear , 101 . Fear of death , 135. 248 . Female Friendship , 203 . Female Gluttony , 120 . " Fiddle - de - dee , " 253 . Fielding , 322 . Fielding's " Amelia , " 80 . Filial ...
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... Johnson's favourite , 205 . Virgil , 310 . Virtue , 34 . Virtue , romantic , 131. 255 . Visiters , 122 . Voltaire , 141 , 256 , 257 . Volubility , 130 . Voluntary Penance , 35 . Vows , 81. 114 . Wales , 61 . Waller , Edmund , 185 ...
... Johnson's favourite , 205 . Virgil , 310 . Virtue , 34 . Virtue , romantic , 131. 255 . Visiters , 122 . Voltaire , 141 , 256 , 257 . Volubility , 130 . Voluntary Penance , 35 . Vows , 81. 114 . Wales , 61 . Waller , Edmund , 185 ...
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... Johnson's Nurse . - Children's Rooks . 66 ― Dr. Johnson first learned to read of his mother and her old maid Catharine , in whose lap he well remem- bered sitting while she explained to him the story of St. George and the Dragon . The ...
... Johnson's Nurse . - Children's Rooks . 66 ― Dr. Johnson first learned to read of his mother and her old maid Catharine , in whose lap he well remem- bered sitting while she explained to him the story of St. George and the Dragon . The ...
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... Johnson , when he had a mind to shine by exalting his favourite university , and to express his contempt of the whiggish notions which prevail at Cambridge . He did it once , however , with surprising felicity : his antagonist having ...
... Johnson , when he had a mind to shine by exalting his favourite university , and to express his contempt of the whiggish notions which prevail at Cambridge . He did it once , however , with surprising felicity : his antagonist having ...
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Common terms and phrases
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