The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque de- scription of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember queen Anne , — “ He had , " he said , " a confused , but ...
... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque de- scription of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember queen Anne , — “ He had , " he said , " a confused , but ...
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... talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ; for though indolence and procrastination were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short ...
... talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ; for though indolence and procrastination were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short ...
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... talking to himself than to his companion . Dr. Percy , the bishop of Dromore , who was long inti- mately acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anec- dotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector ...
... talking to himself than to his companion . Dr. Percy , the bishop of Dromore , who was long inti- mately acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anec- dotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector ...
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... talking to you . I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor . " BOSWELL . " That , sir , was great fortitude of mind . " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; stark insensibility * . " " The fifth of November was at that time kept with ...
... talking to you . I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor . " BOSWELL . " That , sir , was great fortitude of mind . " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; stark insensibility * . " " The fifth of November was at that time kept with ...
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... talk pleasantly of this their first journey to London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , said one day in my hearing , ' We rode and tied . ' And the bishop of Killaloe , Dr. Barnard , informed me , that at another ...
... talk pleasantly of this their first journey to London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , said one day in my hearing , ' We rode and tied . ' And the bishop of Killaloe , Dr. Barnard , informed me , that at another ...
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