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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... received , and when rejected , in the schools once held for that brutal amusement , much to the admiration of those who had no expectation of his skill in such matters , from the sight of a figure which precluded all possibility of per ...
... received , and when rejected , in the schools once held for that brutal amusement , much to the admiration of those who had no expectation of his skill in such matters , from the sight of a figure which precluded all possibility of per ...
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... received several shocks during the time . " When Mr. Thrale , in consequence of this declaration , teased him , in the year 1768 , to give a new edition of it , " because , ” said he " there are four or five - gross faults : " Alas ...
... received several shocks during the time . " When Mr. Thrale , in consequence of this declaration , teased him , in the year 1768 , to give a new edition of it , " because , ” said he " there are four or five - gross faults : " Alas ...
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... received and kindly treated , and with the true gratitude of a wit ridiculed the master of the house before I had left it an hour , " has been falsely printed in many papers since his death . I wrote it down from his own lips one ...
... received and kindly treated , and with the true gratitude of a wit ridiculed the master of the house before I had left it an hour , " has been falsely printed in many papers since his death . I wrote it down from his own lips one ...
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... received at Oxford ; and it is said that he gave some assistance to Dr. Kennicot , when preparing his Hebrew Bible , in which language Wilks was a proficient . Mr. Ryding , who knew him intimately , describes Wilks as a humble and ...
... received at Oxford ; and it is said that he gave some assistance to Dr. Kennicot , when preparing his Hebrew Bible , in which language Wilks was a proficient . Mr. Ryding , who knew him intimately , describes Wilks as a humble and ...
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... received on another occasion as just a rebuke from ( 1 ) Porridge Island is a mean street in London , filled with cook - shops for the convenience of the poorer inhabitants ; the real name of it I know not , but suspect that which it is ...
... received on another occasion as just a rebuke from ( 1 ) Porridge Island is a mean street in London , filled with cook - shops for the convenience of the poorer inhabitants ; the real name of it I know not , but suspect that which it is ...
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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