The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... suppose his understanding too powerful for his company . " " Having asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had op ...
... suppose his understanding too powerful for his company . " " Having asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had op ...
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... suppose , by a very young man , though called ' reverend ; ' who speaks with presumptuous petulance of the first literary character of his age . Amidst a cloudy confusion of words , which hath of late too often passed in Scotland for ...
... suppose , by a very young man , though called ' reverend ; ' who speaks with presumptuous petulance of the first literary character of his age . Amidst a cloudy confusion of words , which hath of late too often passed in Scotland for ...
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... suppose it be in his praise , if he thinks he does not hear him , exactly as he would if he thought he was within hearing . " " The applause of a single human being is of great con- sequence ' this he said to me with great earnestness ...
... suppose it be in his praise , if he thinks he does not hear him , exactly as he would if he thought he was within hearing . " " The applause of a single human being is of great con- sequence ' this he said to me with great earnestness ...
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... drawing Dryden's character , Johnson has given , though I suppose unintentionally , some touches of his own . 4 See vol . iii . page 60 . Thus : " The power that predominated in his intellectual 36 [ 1781 . THE LIFE OF.
... drawing Dryden's character , Johnson has given , though I suppose unintentionally , some touches of his own . 4 See vol . iii . page 60 . Thus : " The power that predominated in his intellectual 36 [ 1781 . THE LIFE OF.
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... suppose by the solicita- tion of Mrs. Thrale , to a house in Grosvenor - square . I was sorry to see him sadly changed in his appearance . He told me I might now have the pleasure to see Dr. Johnson drink wine again , for he had lately ...
... suppose by the solicita- tion of Mrs. Thrale , to a house in Grosvenor - square . I was sorry to see him sadly changed in his appearance . He told me I might now have the pleasure to see Dr. Johnson drink wine again , for he had lately ...
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