The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... known as those upon the continent of Europe , which you have visited ? " BOSWELL " But I can give an entertaining narrative , with many incidents , anecdotes , jeux d'esprit , and remarks , so as to make very pleasant reading ...
... known as those upon the continent of Europe , which you have visited ? " BOSWELL " But I can give an entertaining narrative , with many incidents , anecdotes , jeux d'esprit , and remarks , so as to make very pleasant reading ...
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... known what it was to have a wife . JOHNSON : " Sir , I have known what it was to have a wife , and ( in a solemn , tender , faltering tone ) I have known what it was to lose a wife . It had almost broke my heart . " EDWARDS : " How do ...
... known what it was to have a wife . JOHNSON : " Sir , I have known what it was to have a wife , and ( in a solemn , tender , faltering tone ) I have known what it was to lose a wife . It had almost broke my heart . " EDWARDS : " How do ...
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... known to you . " Thus began an acquaintance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent , " he said , " They should set him in the pillory , that he may be punished in a ...
... known to you . " Thus began an acquaintance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent , " he said , " They should set him in the pillory , that he may be punished in a ...
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... known names with which it is filled , it would be nothing : the names carry the poet , not the poet the names . " Mus- GRAVE : " A temporary poem always entertains us . " JOHNSON " So does an account of the criminals hanged yesterday ...
... known names with which it is filled , it would be nothing : the names carry the poet , not the poet the names . " Mus- GRAVE : " A temporary poem always entertains us . " JOHNSON " So does an account of the criminals hanged yesterday ...
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... known toy - shop , in St. James's Street at the corner of St. James's Place , to which he had been directed , but not clearly , for he searched about some time , and could not find it at first ; and said , " To direct one only to a ...
... known toy - shop , in St. James's Street at the corner of St. James's Place , to which he had been directed , but not clearly , for he searched about some time , and could not find it at first ; and said , " To direct one only to a ...
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