The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... Italy , Johnson said , ( sarcastically , ) " It seems , Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but answered with a smile ...
... Italy , Johnson said , ( sarcastically , ) " It seems , Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but answered with a smile ...
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... Italian friend Baretti ; where talking of the monastick life , you say you do not wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a reli- gious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of ...
... Italian friend Baretti ; where talking of the monastick life , you say you do not wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a reli- gious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of ...
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... Italy , seen the experiment of placing a scorpion within a circle of burning coals ; that it ran round and round in extreme pain ; and finding no way to escape , re- tired to the centre , and like a true Stoick philoso- pher , darted ...
... Italy , seen the experiment of placing a scorpion within a circle of burning coals ; that it ran round and round in extreme pain ; and finding no way to escape , re- tired to the centre , and like a true Stoick philoso- pher , darted ...
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... Italy is a very entertaining book ; and , Sir , I know no man who carries his head higher in conversation than Baretti . There are strong powers in his mind . He has not , indeed , many hooks ; but with what hooks he has , he grapples ...
... Italy is a very entertaining book ; and , Sir , I know no man who carries his head higher in conversation than Baretti . There are strong powers in his mind . He has not , indeed , many hooks ; but with what hooks he has , he grapples ...
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... Italian , and Dr. Johnson English , and understood one another very well , with a little aid of interpretation from me , in which I compared myself to an isthmus which joins two great continents . Upon Johnson's approach , the General ...
... Italian , and Dr. Johnson English , and understood one another very well , with a little aid of interpretation from me , in which I compared myself to an isthmus which joins two great continents . Upon Johnson's approach , the General ...
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