The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more vir- tuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an un- doubted proof of his good sense ...
... present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more vir- tuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an un- doubted proof of his good sense ...
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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 some- thing , or to something . " — Talking of melancholy , he said , " Some men ...
... 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 some- thing , or to something . " — Talking of melancholy , he said , " Some men ...
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... present appearance put me in mind of my uncle Dr. Boswell's description of him , " A robust genius , born to grapple with whole libraries . " I gave him an account of a conversation which had passed between me and captain Cook , the day ...
... present appearance put me in mind of my uncle Dr. Boswell's description of him , " A robust genius , born to grapple with whole libraries . " I gave him an account of a conversation which had passed between me and captain Cook , the day ...
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... present of some addition to the twenty guineas which he had received , and for which his re- ceipt is now in the booksellers ' hands . We are further assured , that he actu- ally obtained an additional sum ; when he , soon after , ( in ...
... present of some addition to the twenty guineas which he had received , and for which his re- ceipt is now in the booksellers ' hands . We are further assured , that he actu- ally obtained an additional sum ; when he , soon after , ( in ...
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... one may be ill adapted to a small society , but is best for a great nation . The characteristick of our own government at present is im- becility . The magistrates dare not call the guards , ÆTAT . 67. ] 37 DR . JOHNSON .
... one may be ill adapted to a small society , but is best for a great nation . The characteristick of our own government at present is im- becility . The magistrates dare not call the guards , ÆTAT . 67. ] 37 DR . JOHNSON .
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