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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... , with terrour struck , who ne'er had seen , Aught human with so terrible a mien , 66 3 See an account of him in the European Magazine , Jan. 1786 , Debating whether they should stay or run , " Virtue 4 34 THE LIFE OF 1767. ...
... , with terrour struck , who ne'er had seen , Aught human with so terrible a mien , 66 3 See an account of him in the European Magazine , Jan. 1786 , Debating whether they should stay or run , " Virtue 4 34 THE LIFE OF 1767. ...
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... seen objects magnified to a much greater degree by ufing three or four microscopes at a time than by ufing one . " Now , ( added Johnson , ) every one acquainted with microscopes knows , that the more of them he looks through , the less ...
... seen objects magnified to a much greater degree by ufing three or four microscopes at a time than by ufing one . " Now , ( added Johnson , ) every one acquainted with microscopes knows , that the more of them he looks through , the less ...
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... and gracious be- haviour . He said to Mr. Barnard , " Sir they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman . I have ever seen . " And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners 42 THE LIFE OF.
... and gracious be- haviour . He said to Mr. Barnard , " Sir they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman . I have ever seen . " And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners 42 THE LIFE OF.
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... 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 its sting ...
... 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 its sting ...
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... seen him hold up his hand at the Old Bailey , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I ...
... seen him hold up his hand at the Old Bailey , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I ...
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