The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... happy are equally happy ; a little Miss with a new gown at a dancing - school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an orator , after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly . JOHNSON : " Sir , that all who ...
... happy are equally happy ; a little Miss with a new gown at a dancing - school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an orator , after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly . JOHNSON : " Sir , that all who ...
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... happy revolutions . They have hurt our constitution , and will hurt it , till we mend it by another HAPPY REVOLUTION . " - I never be- fore discovered that my friend Goldsmith had so much of the old preju- dice in him . General Paoli ...
... happy revolutions . They have hurt our constitution , and will hurt it , till we mend it by another HAPPY REVOLUTION . " - I never be- fore discovered that my friend Goldsmith had so much of the old preju- dice in him . General Paoli ...
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... happy if they miss their counter- parts . " JOHNSON : " To be sure not , sir . I believe marriages would in general be as happy , and often more so , if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor , upon a due consideration of the ...
... happy if they miss their counter- parts . " JOHNSON : " To be sure not , sir . I believe marriages would in general be as happy , and often more so , if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor , upon a due consideration of the ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
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