The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 45
... laughing and exulting . I told him that I had several times , when in Italy , seen the experiment of placing a scorpion within a circle of burning coals ; that it ran round and round in extreme pain ; and finding no way to escape ...
... laughing and exulting . I told him that I had several times , when in Italy , seen the experiment of placing a scorpion within a circle of burning coals ; that it ran round and round in extreme pain ; and finding no way to escape ...
Page 54
... laugh , " Why , sir , Tom Davies might have written the Conduct of the Allies . " Poor Tom being thus suddenly dragged into ludicrous notice in presence of the Scottish doctors ,. i My respectable friend , upon reading this passage ...
... laugh , " Why , sir , Tom Davies might have written the Conduct of the Allies . " Poor Tom being thus suddenly dragged into ludicrous notice in presence of the Scottish doctors ,. i My respectable friend , upon reading this passage ...
Page 61
... laughs at the world for staring at him . " BOSWELL . " How so , sir ? " JOHNSON . " Why , sir , a man who talks nonsense so well , must know that he is talking nonsense . But I am afraid , " chuckling and laughing , " Monboddo does not ...
... laughs at the world for staring at him . " BOSWELL . " How so , sir ? " JOHNSON . " Why , sir , a man who talks nonsense so well , must know that he is talking nonsense . But I am afraid , " chuckling and laughing , " Monboddo does not ...
Page 64
... laughing , " are you ever able to bring the sloe to perfection ? " I boasted that we had the honour of being the first to abolish the inhospitable , troublesome , and ungracious cus- tom of giving vails to servants . JOHNSON . " Sir ...
... laughing , " are you ever able to bring the sloe to perfection ? " I boasted that we had the honour of being the first to abolish the inhospitable , troublesome , and ungracious cus- tom of giving vails to servants . JOHNSON . " Sir ...
Page 65
... laugh , to a push- ing ox , that is marked by a bunch of hay put upon his horns : " frænum habet in cornu . " " Aye , " said Garrick vehemently , " he has a whole mow of it . " Talking of history , Johnson said , " We may know histo ...
... laugh , to a push- ing ox , that is marked by a bunch of hay put upon his horns : " frænum habet in cornu . " " Aye , " said Garrick vehemently , " he has a whole mow of it . " Talking of history , Johnson said , " We may know histo ...
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