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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... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain prosperous member of Parliament1 from that country ; though it has been well observed , that " it has been of no small use to him ; as it rouses the attention of the House by its ...
... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain prosperous member of Parliament1 from that country ; though it has been well observed , that " it has been of no small use to him ; as it rouses the attention of the House by its ...
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... mean and gross flattery . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , I would not write , I would not give solemnly under my hand , a character beyond what I thought really true ; but a speech on the stage , let it flatter ever so extravagantly , is ...
... mean and gross flattery . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , I would not write , I would not give solemnly under my hand , a character beyond what I thought really true ; but a speech on the stage , let it flatter ever so extravagantly , is ...
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... mean town , crowded with people . - The forest thick with woods , very exten- sive . — Manucci secured us lodgings . — The appearance of the country pleasant . No hills , few streams , only one hedge . - I remember no chapels nor ...
... mean town , crowded with people . - The forest thick with woods , very exten- sive . — Manucci secured us lodgings . — The appearance of the country pleasant . No hills , few streams , only one hedge . - I remember no chapels nor ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
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