The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons, 1934 |
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Page 66
... attention of the company , Goldsmith in a passion threw down his hat , looking angrily at Johnson , and exclaimed in a bitter tone , " Take it . " When Toplady was going to speak , Johnson uttered some sound , which led Gold- smith to ...
... attention of the company , Goldsmith in a passion threw down his hat , looking angrily at Johnson , and exclaimed in a bitter tone , " Take it . " When Toplady was going to speak , Johnson uttered some sound , which led Gold- smith to ...
Page 89
... attention to his little specimen . The further specimen will show , that ' Even in an Edward he can see desert . ' · " It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of Isaac Walton's Lives is intended . You have been in a ...
... attention to his little specimen . The further specimen will show , that ' Even in an Edward he can see desert . ' · " It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of Isaac Walton's Lives is intended . You have been in a ...
Page 204
... attention he bestowed on it . " JOHNSON . Nay , Sir , he died of want of attention , if he died at all by that book . " 66 We talked of a work much in vogue at that time , written in a very mellifluous style , but which , under pretext ...
... attention he bestowed on it . " JOHNSON . Nay , Sir , he died of want of attention , if he died at all by that book . " 66 We talked of a work much in vogue at that time , written in a very mellifluous style , but which , under pretext ...
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