The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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Page 93
... seems to have done well , and , by his practice , seems not to suspect an apoplexy . That is a solid and fundamental comfort . I remember Dr. Marsigli , an Italian physician , whose seizure was more violent than Mr. Thrale's , for he ...
... seems to have done well , and , by his practice , seems not to suspect an apoplexy . That is a solid and fundamental comfort . I remember Dr. Marsigli , an Italian physician , whose seizure was more violent than Mr. Thrale's , for he ...
Page 255
... seems to say , ought to resemble a well- ordered poem ; of which one rule generally received is , that the exordium should be simple , and should promise little . Begin your new course of life with the least show , and the least expense ...
... seems to say , ought to resemble a well- ordered poem ; of which one rule generally received is , that the exordium should be simple , and should promise little . Begin your new course of life with the least show , and the least expense ...
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... seems ) absurd national aversion . - C . This can hardly have been the cause . Many of Johnson's earliest associates were indeed ' needy Scotch adventurers ; " that is , they were poor scholars , indigent men of education and tal ent ...
... seems ) absurd national aversion . - C . This can hardly have been the cause . Many of Johnson's earliest associates were indeed ' needy Scotch adventurers ; " that is , they were poor scholars , indigent men of education and tal ent ...
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