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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... hand your --- the most useful after all . ” The beautiful head of Mrs. Piozzi , which faces the title - page of this volume , is from Sir Joshua Reynolds's portrait ; which , on the dispersion of the Streatham Gallery , passed into the ...
... hand your --- the most useful after all . ” The beautiful head of Mrs. Piozzi , which faces the title - page of this volume , is from Sir Joshua Reynolds's portrait ; which , on the dispersion of the Streatham Gallery , passed into the ...
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... hands as too trifling to engage their attention . " Babies do not want , " said he , to hear about babies ; they like to be told of giants and castles , and of somewhat which can stretch and stimulate their little minds . " When in ...
... hands as too trifling to engage their attention . " Babies do not want , " said he , to hear about babies ; they like to be told of giants and castles , and of somewhat which can stretch and stimulate their little minds . " When in ...
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... hand , and reading it quietly in his father's kitchen , he kept on steadily enough , till , coming to the ghost scene , he suddenly hurried up stairs to the street door that he might see people abou him such an incident , as he was not ...
... hand , and reading it quietly in his father's kitchen , he kept on steadily enough , till , coming to the ghost scene , he suddenly hurried up stairs to the street door that he might see people abou him such an incident , as he was not ...
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... hands , and so wrote with his feet . ' 25. Robertson.- Canting . When he related to me a short dialogue that passed between himself and a writer of the first eminence in the world , when he was in Scotland , I was shocked to think how ...
... hands , and so wrote with his feet . ' 25. Robertson.- Canting . When he related to me a short dialogue that passed between himself and a writer of the first eminence in the world , when he was in Scotland , I was shocked to think how ...
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... hand , exclaims , Let no man give himself leave to talk about infinite number , for infinite number is a contradiction in terms ; whatever is once numbered , we all see cannot be infinite . “ I think , ” said Mr. Johnson , after a pause ...
... hand , exclaims , Let no man give himself leave to talk about infinite number , for infinite number is a contradiction in terms ; whatever is once numbered , we all see cannot be infinite . “ I think , ” said Mr. Johnson , after a pause ...
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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