The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Garrick , were by no means pleasing to others " , she must have had a superiority of understanding and talents , as she certainly inspired him with a more than or- m Mrs. Johnson's maiden name was Jervis . - Though there was a great dis ...
... Garrick , were by no means pleasing to others " , she must have had a superiority of understanding and talents , as she certainly inspired him with a more than or- m Mrs. Johnson's maiden name was Jervis . - Though there was a great dis ...
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... Garrick and his brother George , and a Mr. Offely , a young gentleman of good fortune , who died early . As yet , his name had nothing of that celebrity which after- wards commanded the highest attention and respect of mankind . Had ...
... Garrick and his brother George , and a Mr. Offely , a young gentleman of good fortune , who died early . As yet , his name had nothing of that celebrity which after- wards commanded the highest attention and respect of mankind . Had ...
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... Garrick's account he did not appear to have been pro- foundly reverenced by his pupils . His oddities of manner , and uncouth gesticulations , could not but be the subject of merriment to them ; and in particular , the young rogues used ...
... Garrick's account he did not appear to have been pro- foundly reverenced by his pupils . His oddities of manner , and uncouth gesticulations , could not but be the subject of merriment to them ; and in particular , the young rogues used ...
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... Garrick described her to me as very fat , with a bosom of more than ordinary protu- berance , with swelled cheeks , of a florid red , produced by thick painting , and increased by the liberal use of cordials ; flaring and fantastick in ...
... Garrick described her to me as very fat , with a bosom of more than ordinary protu- berance , with swelled cheeks , of a florid red , produced by thick painting , and increased by the liberal use of cordials ; flaring and fantastick in ...
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... Garrick , the elder brother of David , told me that he remembered Johnson's borrowing the Turkish history of him , in order to form his play from it . When he had finished some part of it , he read what he had done to Mr. Walmsley , who ...
... Garrick , the elder brother of David , told me that he remembered Johnson's borrowing the Turkish history of him , in order to form his play from it . When he had finished some part of it , he read what he had done to Mr. Walmsley , who ...
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