The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... honour Thurlow , Sir ; Thur- low is a fine fellow ; he fairly puts his mind to yours . ' " 2 After repeating to him some of his pointed lively sayings , I said , " It is a pity , Sir , you don't always remember your own good things ...
... honour Thurlow , Sir ; Thur- low is a fine fellow ; he fairly puts his mind to yours . ' " 2 After repeating to him some of his pointed lively sayings , I said , " It is a pity , Sir , you don't always remember your own good things ...
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... honour of being Archbishop of Canterbury , Johnson said ' I am glad he did not go to Lambeth ; for , after all , I fear he is a Whig in his heart . ' 66 ' Johnson's attention to precision and clearness in expression was very remarkable ...
... honour of being Archbishop of Canterbury , Johnson said ' I am glad he did not go to Lambeth ; for , after all , I fear he is a Whig in his heart . ' 66 ' Johnson's attention to precision and clearness in expression was very remarkable ...
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... posterity , with the same accuracy and generous zeal , with which the Noble Lord who compiled that work has honoured and perpetuated his ancestry . " it is supposed a person in that situation has occasion THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . II.
... posterity , with the same accuracy and generous zeal , with which the Noble Lord who compiled that work has honoured and perpetuated his ancestry . " it is supposed a person in that situation has occasion THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . II.
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... honour , a gentleman who receives a challenge is reduced to a dread- ful alternative . A remarkable instance of this is furnished by a clause in the will of the late Colonel Thomas , of the Guards , written the night before he fell in a ...
... honour , a gentleman who receives a challenge is reduced to a dread- ful alternative . A remarkable instance of this is furnished by a clause in the will of the late Colonel Thomas , of the Guards , written the night before he fell in a ...
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... honour , I did imagine I was vexed , and took a pride in it . But it was , perhaps , cant ; for I own I nefther eat less nor slept less . " JOHNSON . " My dear friend , clear your mind of cant . You may talk as other people do . You may ...
... honour , I did imagine I was vexed , and took a pride in it . But it was , perhaps , cant ; for I own I nefther eat less nor slept less . " JOHNSON . " My dear friend , clear your mind of cant . You may talk as other people do . You may ...
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