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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... object , that the old method drew together a number of spectators . Sir , executions are intended to draw spectators ... objects of curiosity - the 8 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... object , that the old method drew together a number of spectators . Sir , executions are intended to draw spectators ... objects of curiosity - the 8 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... objects of curiosity - the Christian world and the Mahometan world . All the rest may be considered as barbarous . " BOSWELL . ' Pray , Sir , is the Turkish Spy ' a genuine book ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir . Mrs. Manley , in her Life ...
... objects of curiosity - the Christian world and the Mahometan world . All the rest may be considered as barbarous . " BOSWELL . ' Pray , Sir , is the Turkish Spy ' a genuine book ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir . Mrs. Manley , in her Life ...
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... object which I have more ardently at heart . ' Yet a few years later Mr. Pitt was found to be " an insolent fellow . The excellent Langton says , it is disgraceful , it is utter folly in Pitt , not to reward and attach to his ...
... object which I have more ardently at heart . ' Yet a few years later Mr. Pitt was found to be " an insolent fellow . The excellent Langton says , it is disgraceful , it is utter folly in Pitt , not to reward and attach to his ...
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... object . Dr. Cullen's words concerning him were , " It would give me the greatest pleasure to be of any service to a man whom the publick properly esteem , and whom I esteem and respect as much as I do Dr. Johnson . " Dr. Hope's , " Few ...
... object . Dr. Cullen's words concerning him were , " It would give me the greatest pleasure to be of any service to a man whom the publick properly esteem , and whom I esteem and respect as much as I do Dr. Johnson . " Dr. Hope's , " Few ...
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... objects upon the road . " If I had your eyes , Sir , ( said he ) I should count the passengers . " It was wonderful how accurate his observations of visual objects was , notwithstanding his imperfect eyesight , owing to a habit of ...
... objects upon the road . " If I had your eyes , Sir , ( said he ) I should count the passengers . " It was wonderful how accurate his observations of visual objects was , notwithstanding his imperfect eyesight , owing to a habit of ...
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