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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... present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more virtuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his good sense and ...
... present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more virtuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his good sense and ...
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... present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir , you are driving rapidly from something , or to something . " Talking of melancholy , he said , " Some men , and ...
... present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir , you are driving rapidly from something , or to something . " Talking of melancholy , he said , " Some men , and ...
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... present 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 ...
... present 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 ...
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... present of some addition to the twenty guineas which he had received , and for which his receipt is now in the booksellers hands . We are farther assured , that he actually obtained an ad- ditional sum ; when he , soon after , ( in the ...
... present of some addition to the twenty guineas which he had received , and for which his receipt is now in the booksellers hands . We are farther assured , that he actually obtained an ad- ditional sum ; when he , soon after , ( in the ...
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... present is imbecility . The magistrates dare not call the guards for fear of being hanged . The guards will not come , for fear of being given up to the blind rage of popular juries . " Of the father of one of our friends , he observed ...
... present is imbecility . The magistrates dare not call the guards for fear of being hanged . The guards will not come , for fear of being given up to the blind rage of popular juries . " Of the father of one of our friends , he observed ...
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