The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... thought to be such extravagance or bad management that he was living much beyond his income , his lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it , and found it was only ...
... thought to be such extravagance or bad management that he was living much beyond his income , his lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it , and found it was only ...
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... thought it an exquisite trait of 1 Mathew Bloxam entered at Pembroke College , March 25 , 1729 ; M.A. , July , 1735.- HALL . 2 This line has frequently been attributed to Dryden , when at Westminster . But neither Eton nor Westminster ...
... thought it an exquisite trait of 1 Mathew Bloxam entered at Pembroke College , March 25 , 1729 ; M.A. , July , 1735.- HALL . 2 This line has frequently been attributed to Dryden , when at Westminster . But neither Eton nor Westminster ...
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... thought him but a weak man . JOHNSON . ' Why yes , Sir . Here is a man who has passed through life with- out experience : yet I would rather have him with me than a more sensible man who will not talk readily . This man is always ...
... thought him but a weak man . JOHNSON . ' Why yes , Sir . Here is a man who has passed through life with- out experience : yet I would rather have him with me than a more sensible man who will not talk readily . This man is always ...
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... thought due only to higher intellectual qualities should be bestowed on men of slighter , though perhaps more amusing , talents . I told him , that one morning , when I went to breakfast with Garrick , who was very vain of his intimacy ...
... thought due only to higher intellectual qualities should be bestowed on men of slighter , though perhaps more amusing , talents . I told him , that one morning , when I went to breakfast with Garrick , who was very vain of his intimacy ...
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... thoughts of leaving his house , his study , his books . " JOHNSON . " This is foolish in ***** A man need not be ... thought of leaving forever what has given us pleasure . I remember , many years ago , when my imagination was warm ...
... thoughts of leaving his house , his study , his books . " JOHNSON . " This is foolish in ***** A man need not be ... thought of leaving forever what has given us pleasure . I remember , many years ago , when my imagination was warm ...
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