The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... occasion of this correspondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Hervey , was thus related to me by Mr. Beauclerk . " Tom Hervey had a great liking for Johnson , and in his will had left him a legacy of fifty pounds . One day he said to me ...
... occasion of this correspondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Hervey , was thus related to me by Mr. Beauclerk . " Tom Hervey had a great liking for Johnson , and in his will had left him a legacy of fifty pounds . One day he said to me ...
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... occasions an epidemick cold . If I am not mistaken , Mr. Macaulay is dead : if living , this solution might please him , as I hope it will Mr. Boswell , in return for the many agreeable hours his works have afforded us . " Johnson ...
... occasions an epidemick cold . If I am not mistaken , Mr. Macaulay is dead : if living , this solution might please him , as I hope it will Mr. Boswell , in return for the many agreeable hours his works have afforded us . " Johnson ...
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... occasions remarkable . Taking care to keep in view the moral and religious duty , as understood in our nation , he showed clearly , from reason and good sense , the greater degree of culpability in the one sex deviating from it than the ...
... occasions remarkable . Taking care to keep in view the moral and religious duty , as understood in our nation , he showed clearly , from reason and good sense , the greater degree of culpability in the one sex deviating from it than the ...
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... occasion he had very little opportunity of hearing them talk , for with an excess of prudence , for which Johnson afterwards found fault with them , they hardly opened their lips , and that only to say something which they were certain ...
... occasion he had very little opportunity of hearing them talk , for with an excess of prudence , for which Johnson afterwards found fault with them , they hardly opened their lips , and that only to say something which they were certain ...
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... occasions , whenever he , " statesman all o'er , " assumed a strutting importance , I used to hail him- " the author of the Conduct of the Allies . " 66 When I called upon Dr. Johnson next morning , I found him highly satisfied with his ...
... occasions , whenever he , " statesman all o'er , " assumed a strutting importance , I used to hail him- " the author of the Conduct of the Allies . " 66 When I called upon Dr. Johnson next morning , I found him highly satisfied with his ...
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