The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years , without having ever once met , and both walkers in the street too ! " Mr. Edwards , when going away , again recurred to his consciousness of senility , and looking full in ...
... wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years , without having ever once met , and both walkers in the street too ! " Mr. Edwards , when going away , again recurred to his consciousness of senility , and looking full in ...
Page 53
... wonderful celerity . ' He was likewise particular in requiring to know what was the weight of the musket- balls in use , and within what distance they might be expected to take effect when fired off . " In walking among the tents , and ...
... wonderful celerity . ' He was likewise particular in requiring to know what was the weight of the musket- balls in use , and within what distance they might be expected to take effect when fired off . " In walking among the tents , and ...
Page 62
... wonderful what a number and variety of writers , some of them even unknown to him , prevailed on his good - nature to look over their works , and suggest corrections and improvements . My arrival interrupted for a little while the ...
... wonderful what a number and variety of writers , some of them even unknown to him , prevailed on his good - nature to look over their works , and suggest corrections and improvements . My arrival interrupted for a little while the ...
Page 64
... wonderful concealment of the author of the celebrated letters signed Junius , he said : " I should have believed Burke to be Junius , because I know no man but Burke who is capable of writing these letters ; but Burke spontaneously ...
... wonderful concealment of the author of the celebrated letters signed Junius , he said : " I should have believed Burke to be Junius , because I know no man but Burke who is capable of writing these letters ; but Burke spontaneously ...
Page 93
... wonderful felicity come to be closely associated with yours , soon made all easy ; and Mrs. Cobb and Miss Adey re - assumed their seats at the breakfast- table , which they had quitted with some precipitation . They received me with the ...
... wonderful felicity come to be closely associated with yours , soon made all easy ; and Mrs. Cobb and Miss Adey re - assumed their seats at the breakfast- table , which they had quitted with some precipitation . They received me with the ...
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