The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 - Authors, English |
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Page 256
... attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London , when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet was made to toss a pike , he could not bear that it should have such ...
... attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London , when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet was made to toss a pike , he could not bear that it should have such ...
Page 259
... attention as other occasional objects succeed . But Churchill had extraordinary vigour both of thought and expres- sion . His portraits of the players will ever be valuable to the true lovers of the drama ; and his strong caricatures of ...
... attention as other occasional objects succeed . But Churchill had extraordinary vigour both of thought and expres- sion . His portraits of the players will ever be valuable to the true lovers of the drama ; and his strong caricatures of ...
Page 417
... attention , and imposes perpetual constraint , is exceedingly disgusting . A small intermixture of provincial peculiarities may , perhaps , have an agreeable effect , as the notes of different birds concur in the harmony of the grove ...
... attention , and imposes perpetual constraint , is exceedingly disgusting . A small intermixture of provincial peculiarities may , perhaps , have an agreeable effect , as the notes of different birds concur in the harmony of the grove ...
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