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... passed it over quite smoothly ; while those of more attention have been a It is remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterize Dryden . He , indeed , furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of ...
... passed it over quite smoothly ; while those of more attention have been a It is remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterize Dryden . He , indeed , furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of ...
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... passed some time with Rousseau in his wild retreat , and having quoted some remark made by Mr. Wilkes , with whom I had spent many pleasant hours in Italy , Johnson said , sarcastically , " It seems , sir , you have kept very good ...
... passed some time with Rousseau in his wild retreat , and having quoted some remark made by Mr. Wilkes , with whom I had spent many pleasant hours in Italy , Johnson said , sarcastically , " It seems , sir , you have kept very good ...
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... passed a month at Oxford . He had then contracted a great intimacy with Mr. Cham- bers of that university , afterwards sir Robert Chambers , one of the judges in India . He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble ...
... passed a month at Oxford . He had then contracted a great intimacy with Mr. Cham- bers of that university , afterwards sir Robert Chambers , one of the judges in India . He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble ...
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... passed , " began to consider that I was depre- ciating this man in the estimation of his sovereign , and thought it was time for me to say something that might be more favourable . " He added , therefore , that Dr. Hill was ...
... passed , " began to consider that I was depre- ciating this man in the estimation of his sovereign , and thought it was time for me to say something that might be more favourable . " He added , therefore , that Dr. Hill was ...
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... passed between the king and him , Dr. Goldsmith remained unmoved upon a sofa at some dis- tance , affecting not to join in the least in the eager curi- osity of the company . He assigned as a reason for his gloom and seeming inattention ...
... passed between the king and him , Dr. Goldsmith remained unmoved upon a sofa at some dis- tance , affecting not to join in the least in the eager curi- osity of the company . He assigned as a reason for his gloom and seeming inattention ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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