The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page viii
... heard him say , that he com- posed seventy lines of it in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till they were finished . " Compared with the five couplets of the Deserted Village , which Goldsmith thought " no bad morning's ...
... heard him say , that he com- posed seventy lines of it in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till they were finished . " Compared with the five couplets of the Deserted Village , which Goldsmith thought " no bad morning's ...
Page x
... heard a noise like thunder . This was occasioned by Johnson , who , it seems , on a little recollection , had taken it into his head that he ought to have done the honours of his literary residence to a foreign lady of quality , and ...
... heard a noise like thunder . This was occasioned by Johnson , who , it seems , on a little recollection , had taken it into his head that he ought to have done the honours of his literary residence to a foreign lady of quality , and ...
Page xii
... heard nothing . His summons was answered by Francis Barber , who told him that the Doctor had been dead some hours . As might be supposed , Johnson was a devout , if intermittent , church - goer . " He was not constant in his attendance ...
... heard nothing . His summons was answered by Francis Barber , who told him that the Doctor had been dead some hours . As might be supposed , Johnson was a devout , if intermittent , church - goer . " He was not constant in his attendance ...
Page xiv
... heard Bonnel Thornton's Burlesque Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , adapted to the Antient British Musick , - to wit , the Jew's Harp , the Marrow - bone and Cleaver , the Salt box and so forth . The Doctor was especially diverted with the ...
... heard Bonnel Thornton's Burlesque Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , adapted to the Antient British Musick , - to wit , the Jew's Harp , the Marrow - bone and Cleaver , the Salt box and so forth . The Doctor was especially diverted with the ...
Page xvii
... heard Philip Stanhope's tutor , Harte , praise his Life of Richard Savage . must often have eaten , too , at Dodsley's in Pall Mall , the " Tully's Head " - next the passage leading into King Street , or half - way between the site of ...
... heard Philip Stanhope's tutor , Harte , praise his Life of Richard Savage . must often have eaten , too , at Dodsley's in Pall Mall , the " Tully's Head " - next the passage leading into King Street , or half - way between the site of ...
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