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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... answer I would urge the numerous editions and quick sale of Tommy Prudent or Goody Two Shoes : " Re- member always , " said he , " that the parents buy the books , and that the children never read them . " Barbauld , however , had his ...
... answer I would urge the numerous editions and quick sale of Tommy Prudent or Goody Two Shoes : " Re- member always , " said he , " that the parents buy the books , and that the children never read them . " Barbauld , however , had his ...
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... answered thus : - - " The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse , For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent , For Whigs allow no force but argument . " Mr. Johnson did him the justice to say , it ...
... answered thus : - - " The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse , For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent , For Whigs allow no force but argument . " Mr. Johnson did him the justice to say , it ...
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... answered thus : " Suppose , Mr. Speaker , that to Wharton , or to Marlborough , or to any of the eminent Whigs of the last age , the devil had , not with any great impropriety , consented to appear ; he would perhaps in somewhat like ...
... answered thus : " Suppose , Mr. Speaker , that to Wharton , or to Marlborough , or to any of the eminent Whigs of the last age , the devil had , not with any great impropriety , consented to appear ; he would perhaps in somewhat like ...
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... answered the friend who commended the following line : Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free . " To be sure , " said Dr. Johnson , " Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat . " This readiness of finding a parallel , or making ...
... answered the friend who commended the following line : Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free . " To be sure , " said Dr. Johnson , " Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat . " This readiness of finding a parallel , or making ...
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... answer ; " he will then be sure of his reward . " It is easy to observe , that the justice of such sentences made them offensive ; but we must be careful how we condemn a man for saying what we know to be true , only because it is so ...
... answer ; " he will then be sure of his reward . " It is easy to observe , that the justice of such sentences made them offensive ; but we must be careful how we condemn a man for saying what we know to be true , only because it is so ...
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Common terms and phrases
acquaintance ANECDOTES OF DR answer antè appeared asked believe better Bolt Court Boswell Brocklesby Burke Burney called character conversation David Garrick dear death delight desired dinner Doctor dress Edmund Burke expressed eyes favour favourite fear Frank Frank Barber Garrick gentleman give hand Hawkins hear heard honour Hoole hope human Jeremiah Markland kind knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield lived look Lord loved Lucy Porter Madam manner Markland mentioned mind morning Nathaniel Hodges nature never observed occasion once opinion pain Percy perhaps person pleased pleasure Poets praise recollect remember repeated replied Samuel Johnson Sastres says Johnson seemed Shakspeare Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spoke story Strahan Streatham suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale tion told took verses virtue wish words write young