The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... passed through the press ; but after having completed his very laborious and admirable edition of Shak- speare , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he had so deservedly obtained , he fulfilled ...
... passed through the press ; but after having completed his very laborious and admirable edition of Shak- speare , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he had so deservedly obtained , he fulfilled ...
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... passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady appli- cation . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a ...
... passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady appli- cation . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a ...
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... passed at home , cannot be traced . Enough has been said of his irregular mode of study . He told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period ...
... passed at home , cannot be traced . Enough has been said of his irregular mode of study . He told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period ...
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... passed much time in his early years . In most of them , he was in the company of ladies , particularly at Mr. Walmes- ley's , whose wife and sisters - in - law , of the name of Aston , and daughters of a baronet , were re- markable for ...
... passed much time in his early years . In most of them , he was in the company of ladies , particularly at Mr. Walmes- ley's , whose wife and sisters - in - law , of the name of Aston , and daughters of a baronet , were re- markable for ...
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... passed me , and complained that I lagged behind . I was not to be made the slave of caprice ; and I resolved to begin as I meant to end . I therefore pushed on briskly , till I was fairly out of her sight . The road lay between two ...
... passed me , and complained that I lagged behind . I was not to be made the slave of caprice ; and I resolved to begin as I meant to end . I therefore pushed on briskly , till I was fairly out of her sight . The road lay between two ...
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