The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... received from one of the professors of a foreign uni- versity . Johnson , in an irritable fit , thinking there was too much ostentation , said , ' I never receive any of these tributes of applause from abroad . One instance I recol ...
... received from one of the professors of a foreign uni- versity . Johnson , in an irritable fit , thinking there was too much ostentation , said , ' I never receive any of these tributes of applause from abroad . One instance I recol ...
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... received from the audi- For though Johnson said of him , ' Sir , a man who has a nation to admire him every night , may well be ex- pected to be somewhat elated ; ' yet he would treat thea- trical matters with a ludicrous slight . He ...
... received from the audi- For though Johnson said of him , ' Sir , a man who has a nation to admire him every night , may well be ex- pected to be somewhat elated ; ' yet he would treat thea- trical matters with a ludicrous slight . He ...
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... received , the people were in a barbarous state , and so on the footing of children , as has been ex- plained . " " It is evident enough that no one who writes now can 1 When the corporation of Norwich applied to Johnson to point out to ...
... received , the people were in a barbarous state , and so on the footing of children , as has been ex- plained . " " It is evident enough that no one who writes now can 1 When the corporation of Norwich applied to Johnson to point out to ...
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... received or asked any from the bishop of Gloucester ; and , if my memory fails me not , he had seen him only once , when they met almost without design , conversed without much effort , and parted without any lasting impression of ...
... received or asked any from the bishop of Gloucester ; and , if my memory fails me not , he had seen him only once , when they met almost without design , conversed without much effort , and parted without any lasting impression of ...
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... received from Dr. Johnson . Of these , one , which was written in quadruplicate , under the different dates of its respective despatches , has already been made publick , but not from any communication of mine . This , however , I have ...
... received from Dr. Johnson . Of these , one , which was written in quadruplicate , under the different dates of its respective despatches , has already been made publick , but not from any communication of mine . This , however , I have ...
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