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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... appearing too compliant . On Sunday , March 31 , I called on him , and shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his " Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , " which Sir John Pringle had lent me , it being then little ...
... appearing too compliant . On Sunday , March 31 , I called on him , and shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his " Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , " which Sir John Pringle had lent me , it being then little ...
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... appearance Ztat . 67. were flying around him . gloves such as hedgers use . put me in mind of my uncle , Dr. Boswell's descrip- tion of him , " A robust genius , born to grapple with whole libraries . " I gave him an account of a ...
... appearance Ztat . 67. were flying around him . gloves such as hedgers use . put me in mind of my uncle , Dr. Boswell's descrip- tion of him , " A robust genius , born to grapple with whole libraries . " I gave him an account of a ...
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... appeared to bear the loss of his son with a manly composure . There was no affectation about him ; and he talked , as usual , upon indifferent subjects . He seemed to me to hesitate as to the intended Italian tour , on which , I ...
... appeared to bear the loss of his son with a manly composure . There was no affectation about him ; and he talked , as usual , upon indifferent subjects . He seemed to me to hesitate as to the intended Italian tour , on which , I ...
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... appeared to have a pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confi- dence ; so that there was hardly any topick , if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality , 1776. that ...
... appeared to have a pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confi- dence ; so that there was hardly any topick , if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality , 1776. that ...
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... appeared , after all , very doubtful , he was con- tent with twenty - one pounds for his labour beside a few sets of the books , to disperse among his friends . - Shiels had nearly seventy pounds , beside the advantage of many of the ...
... appeared , after all , very doubtful , he was con- tent with twenty - one pounds for his labour beside a few sets of the books , to disperse among his friends . - Shiels had nearly seventy pounds , beside the advantage of many of the ...
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