The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... passed , in the most abusive language they could invent , generally , however , with as much sati- rical humour as they were capable of producing . Addison gives a specimen of this ribaldry in No. 383 of the Spec- tator , when sir Roger ...
... passed , in the most abusive language they could invent , generally , however , with as much sati- rical humour as they were capable of producing . Addison gives a specimen of this ribaldry in No. 383 of the Spec- tator , when sir Roger ...
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... passing , which appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an advanced age , and ... passed an evening with Dr. Young at lord Melcombe's ( then Mr. Doddington ) at Hammersmith . The doctor happening to ...
... passing , which appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an advanced age , and ... passed an evening with Dr. Young at lord Melcombe's ( then Mr. Doddington ) at Hammersmith . The doctor happening to ...
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... passed the summer at Streatham , but there was no Thrale ; and having idled away the sum- mer with a weakly body and neglected mind , I made a journey to Staffordshire on the edge of winter . The sea- son was dreary , I was sickly , and ...
... passed the summer at Streatham , but there was no Thrale ; and having idled away the sum- mer with a weakly body and neglected mind , I made a journey to Staffordshire on the edge of winter . The sea- son was dreary , I was sickly , and ...
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