The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... told . " Such a sanction to my faculty of giving a just repre- sentation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal . Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness , that by re- cording so considerable a portion of the wisdom and wit ...
... told . " Such a sanction to my faculty of giving a just repre- sentation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal . Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness , that by re- cording so considerable a portion of the wisdom and wit ...
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... told me in his presence at Lichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petticoats , and had learnt to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the common - prayer ...
... told me in his presence at Lichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petticoats , and had learnt to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the common - prayer ...
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... told TM , that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his mother the follow- ing epitaph : Here lies good master duck ...
... told TM , that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his mother the follow- ing epitaph : Here lies good master duck ...
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... told him that he resembled an able performer upon a bad instrument . How false and contemptible then are all the remarks which have been made to the prejudice either of his candour or of his philosophy , founded upon a supposi- tion ...
... told him that he resembled an able performer upon a bad instrument . How false and contemptible then are all the remarks which have been made to the prejudice either of his candour or of his philosophy , founded upon a supposi- tion ...
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... told me that the scrofulous sores which afflicted me proceeded from the bad humours of the nurse , whose son had the same distem- per , and was likewise short - sighted , but both in a less degree . My mother thought my diseases derived ...
... told me that the scrofulous sores which afflicted me proceeded from the bad humours of the nurse , whose son had the same distem- per , and was likewise short - sighted , but both in a less degree . My mother thought my diseases derived ...
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