The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal . " He meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian - a character for which I have heard him express great disgust . Johnson ...
... Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal . " He meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian - a character for which I have heard him express great disgust . Johnson ...
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... madam , I do not recollect a time when that was the case . 99 Talking of " The Spectator , " he said , " It is wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there ...
... madam , I do not recollect a time when that was the case . 99 Talking of " The Spectator , " he said , " It is wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there ...
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... madam , when you are declaiming , declaim ; and when you are calculating , calculate . " At another time , when she said , perhaps affectedly , " I don't like to fly . " - JOHNSON : " With your wings , madam , you must fly : but have a ...
... madam , when you are declaiming , declaim ; and when you are calculating , calculate . " At another time , when she said , perhaps affectedly , " I don't like to fly . " - JOHNSON : " With your wings , madam , you must fly : but have a ...
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... Madam ( looking towards Johnson ) , that among all your acquaintance you could find one exception ? " The lady smiled , and seemed to acquiesce . " I read , " said he , " Sharpe's Letters on Italy over again , when I was at Bath . There ...
... Madam ( looking towards Johnson ) , that among all your acquaintance you could find one exception ? " The lady smiled , and seemed to acquiesce . " I read , " said he , " Sharpe's Letters on Italy over again , when I was at Bath . There ...
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... Madam , " said I , " his respect for you is such , that I know he will not leave you , unless you absolutely desire it . But as you have so much of his company , I hope you will be good enough to forego it for a day ; as Mr. Dilly is a ...
... Madam , " said I , " his respect for you is such , that I know he will not leave you , unless you absolutely desire it . But as you have so much of his company , I hope you will be good enough to forego it for a day ; as Mr. Dilly is a ...
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