The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... lady in her sufferings . " JOHNSON . " Nay , don't endeavour to palliate this . Guilt is a prin- cipal feature in the picture . Kames is puzzled with a question that puzzled me when I was a very young man . Why is it that the interest ...
... lady in her sufferings . " JOHNSON . " Nay , don't endeavour to palliate this . Guilt is a prin- cipal feature in the picture . Kames is puzzled with a question that puzzled me when I was a very young man . Why is it that the interest ...
Page 126
... ladies listened , just as they do to you ; and said , as I heard , There is no rising unless somebody will cry Fire ! I was last night at Miss Monkton's ; and there were Lady Craven and Lady Cranburne , and many ladies and few men ...
... ladies listened , just as they do to you ; and said , as I heard , There is no rising unless somebody will cry Fire ! I was last night at Miss Monkton's ; and there were Lady Craven and Lady Cranburne , and many ladies and few men ...
Page 393
... lady's " Anec- dotes " of him suggest ; for , from the very nature and form of her book , " it lends deception Ughter wings to fly . " " Let it be remembered , " says an eminent critic , * " that she has comprised in a small rolume all ...
... lady's " Anec- dotes " of him suggest ; for , from the very nature and form of her book , " it lends deception Ughter wings to fly . " " Let it be remembered , " says an eminent critic , * " that she has comprised in a small rolume all ...
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