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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... Thrale , who had asked him how he did , " Ready to become a scoundrel , 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 ...
... Thrale , who had asked him how he did , " Ready to become a scoundrel , 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 ...
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... Thrale's son . ) 1 Having lain at St. Alban's , on Thursday , March 28th , we break- fasted the next morning at Barnet . I expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children ...
... Thrale's son . ) 1 Having lain at St. Alban's , on Thursday , March 28th , we break- fasted the next morning at Barnet . I expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children ...
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... Thrale's , he found the coach was at the door waiting to carry Mrs. and Miss Thrale , and Signor Baretti , 2 their Italian master , to Bath . This was not showing the attention which might have been expected to the " guide , philosopher ...
... Thrale's , he found the coach was at the door waiting to carry Mrs. and Miss Thrale , and Signor Baretti , 2 their Italian master , to Bath . This was not showing the attention which might have been expected to the " guide , philosopher ...
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... Thrale should take place , of which he had entertained some doubt , on account of the loss they had suffered ; and ... Thrale's family , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoy- ment , was not without some degree of ...
... Thrale should take place , of which he had entertained some doubt , on account of the loss they had suffered ; and ... Thrale's family , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoy- ment , was not without some degree of ...
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... Thrale called upon him , and appeared to bear the loss of his son with a manly composure . There was no affectation about him ; and he talked , as usual , upon indifferent subjects . He seemed to me to hesitate as to the intended ...
... Thrale called upon him , and appeared to bear the loss of his son with a manly composure . There was no affectation about him ; and he talked , as usual , upon indifferent subjects . He seemed to me to hesitate as to the intended ...
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