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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... seems , once took a fancy to associate with the wits of London ; but with so little success , that Foote said , " What can he mean by coming among us ? He is not only а dull himself , but the cause of dullness in others . " Trying him ...
... seems , once took a fancy to associate with the wits of London ; but with so little success , that Foote said , " What can he mean by coming among us ? He is not only а dull himself , but the cause of dullness in others . " Trying him ...
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... seem pleased at the time ; but their envy makes them curse him at their hearts . ' " My readers will probably be surprised to hear that the great Dr. Johnson could amuse himself with so slight and playful a species of composition as a ...
... seem pleased at the time ; but their envy makes them curse him at their hearts . ' " My readers will probably be surprised to hear that the great Dr. Johnson could amuse himself with so slight and playful a species of composition as a ...
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... seem but few . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , he who entertains three a day does very liberally . And if there is a large family the poor entertain those three , for they eat what the poor would get ; there must be superfluous meat ; it must ...
... seem but few . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , he who entertains three a day does very liberally . And if there is a large family the poor entertain those three , for they eat what the poor would get ; there must be superfluous meat ; it must ...
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... seems to me to be necessary to give man the faculty of speech ; to inform him that he may have speech ; which I think he could no more find out without inspiration , than cows or hogs would think of such a faculty . " WALKER . " Do you ...
... seems to me to be necessary to give man the faculty of speech ; to inform him that he may have speech ; which I think he could no more find out without inspiration , than cows or hogs would think of such a faculty . " WALKER . " Do you ...
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... seems so inconsistent with the spirit of the Gospel . At the same time it must be confessed , that from the pre- valent notions of honour , a gentleman who receives a challenge is reduced to a dread- ful alternative . A remarkable ...
... seems so inconsistent with the spirit of the Gospel . At the same time it must be confessed , that from the pre- valent notions of honour , a gentleman who receives a challenge is reduced to a dread- ful alternative . A remarkable ...
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