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She went up stairs , leaving him to study it : but by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him fol- " What's the matter ? " said she . lowing her . " " I can say it , ” he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though ...
She went up stairs , leaving him to study it : but by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him fol- " What's the matter ? " said she . lowing her . " " I can say it , ” he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though ...
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... by immediate inspiration ; yet Mrs. Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step- daughter , positively maintained to me , in his presence , that there could be no doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother .
... by immediate inspiration ; yet Mrs. Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step- daughter , positively maintained to me , in his presence , that there could be no doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother .
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He was uncommonly inquisitive ; and his memory was so tenacious , that he never forgot any thing that he either heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated ...
He was uncommonly inquisitive ; and his memory was so tenacious , that he never forgot any thing that he either heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated ...
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Yet I have heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any pro- fession . " After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford " , Johnson ...
Yet I have heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any pro- fession . " After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford " , Johnson ...
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... who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that miscellany Johnson's translation of the Messiah ap- peared , with this modest ...
... who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that miscellany Johnson's translation of the Messiah ap- peared , with this modest ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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