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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... continued he , " leads much such a life , I think , as a little boy's dog , teased with awkward fondness , and forced , perhaps , to sit up and beg , as we call it , to divert a company , who at last go away com- plaining of their ...
... continued he , " leads much such a life , I think , as a little boy's dog , teased with awkward fondness , and forced , perhaps , to sit up and beg , as we call it , to divert a company , who at last go away com- plaining of their ...
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... continued he . And when we were again out of the women's sight who were concerned in the dispute : " Poor people's children , dear lady , " said he , " never respect them : I did not respect my own mother , though I loved her : and one ...
... continued he . And when we were again out of the women's sight who were concerned in the dispute : " Poor people's children , dear lady , " said he , " never respect them : I did not respect my own mother , though I loved her : and one ...
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... continued he , not observing the amazement of his hearers , no man is so cautious not to interrupt another ; no man thinks it so necessary to appear attentive when others are speaking ; no man so steadily refuses preference to himself ...
... continued he , not observing the amazement of his hearers , no man is so cautious not to interrupt another ; no man thinks it so necessary to appear attentive when others are speaking ; no man so steadily refuses preference to himself ...
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... continued he , " is not worse than that of Frank Fawkes . " Seeing me disposed to laugh . " Nay , nay , " said he , “ Frank Fawkes has done them very finely : - Lovely courier of the sky , Whence and whither dost thou fly ? Scatt'ring ...
... continued he , " is not worse than that of Frank Fawkes . " Seeing me disposed to laugh . " Nay , nay , " said he , “ Frank Fawkes has done them very finely : - Lovely courier of the sky , Whence and whither dost thou fly ? Scatt'ring ...
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... continued he , " to tell this poor innocent foreigner that I knew nothing of Greek ! Oh , no , he knows nothing of Greek ! " with a loud burst of laughing . 21. Pope - Dryden - Garrick- Young . - Congreve - and Of Pope as a writer he ...
... continued he , " to tell this poor innocent foreigner that I knew nothing of Greek ! Oh , no , he knows nothing of Greek ! " with a loud burst of laughing . 21. Pope - Dryden - Garrick- Young . - Congreve - and Of Pope as a writer he ...
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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