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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... of the Streatham Gallery , passed into the hands of that accomplished lover of art and literature , Samuel Boddington , Esq . , and which was never before engraved . JOHNSONIANA CONTENTS ANECDOTES AND SAYINGS OF JOHNSON : PART I. vi NOTICE.
... of the Streatham Gallery , passed into the hands of that accomplished lover of art and literature , Samuel Boddington , Esq . , and which was never before engraved . JOHNSONIANA CONTENTS ANECDOTES AND SAYINGS OF JOHNSON : PART I. vi NOTICE.
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... passed in his own childhood , made Mr. Johnson very solicitous to pre- serve the felicity of children ; and when he had per- suaded Dr. Sumner to remit the tasks usually given to fill up boys ' time during the holydays , he rejoiced ex ...
... passed in his own childhood , made Mr. Johnson very solicitous to pre- serve the felicity of children ; and when he had per- suaded Dr. Sumner to remit the tasks usually given to fill up boys ' time during the holydays , he rejoiced ex ...
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... passed between himself and a writer of the first eminence in the world , when he was in Scotland , I was shocked to think how he must have disgusted him . Dr. Robertson asked me , said he , why I did not join in their public worship ...
... passed between himself and a writer of the first eminence in the world , when he was in Scotland , I was shocked to think how he must have disgusted him . Dr. Robertson asked me , said he , why I did not join in their public worship ...
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... passing in corners , unseen by any body but himself and that odd old surgeon , Robert Levett , whom he kept in his house to tend the out - pensioners , and of whom he said most truly and sublimely , that " In misery's darkest caverns ...
... passing in corners , unseen by any body but himself and that odd old surgeon , Robert Levett , whom he kept in his house to tend the out - pensioners , and of whom he said most truly and sublimely , that " In misery's darkest caverns ...
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... passed us when we were walking out in company with two or three friends in the country , she made the wench look at my hand , but soon repented her curiosity ; for , says the gipsy , ' Your heart is divided , Sir , between a Betty and a ...
... passed us when we were walking out in company with two or three friends in the country , she made the wench look at my hand , but soon repented her curiosity ; for , says the gipsy , ' Your heart is divided , Sir , between a Betty and a ...
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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