The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... heard him express great disgust . a " Johnson had with him upon this jaunt , Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra , a romance praised by Cervantes ; but did not like it much . He said , he read it for the language , by way of preparation for his ...
... heard him express great disgust . a " Johnson had with him upon this jaunt , Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra , a romance praised by Cervantes ; but did not like it much . He said , he read it for the language , by way of preparation for his ...
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... heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . - I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at Westminster . I cannot say which ...
... heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . - I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at Westminster . I cannot say which ...
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... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and there- fore would sometimes in ...
... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and there- fore would sometimes in ...
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... heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in lord Eli- bank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said , he had come with intention to ...
... heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in lord Eli- bank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said , he had come with intention to ...
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... heard Johnson repeat it stamps a value on them . He told us , that the book entitled The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels P , a Scotchman , one of his amanuenses . " The " This In the Monthly ...
... heard Johnson repeat it stamps a value on them . He told us , that the book entitled The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels P , a Scotchman , one of his amanuenses . " The " This In the Monthly ...
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