The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... young gentleman seems to have little to do . ' Mr. Beau- clerk observed , ، Then , to be sure , Spence turned round and wrote that down ; ' and went on to say to Dr. Johnson , Pope , sir , would have said the same of you , if he had ...
... young gentleman seems to have little to do . ' Mr. Beau- clerk observed , ، Then , to be sure , Spence turned round and wrote that down ; ' and went on to say to Dr. Johnson , Pope , sir , would have said the same of you , if he had ...
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... the duke of Leeds shall married be To a fine young lady of high quality , How happy will that gentlewoman be In his grace of Leeds's good company . She shall have all that's fine and fair , And 10 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... the duke of Leeds shall married be To a fine young lady of high quality , How happy will that gentlewoman be In his grace of Leeds's good company . She shall have all that's fine and fair , And 10 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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... young lady that's beautiful and wise , She'll be the happiest young gentlewoman under the skies , As long as the sun and moon shall rise , And how happy shall , etc. " It is with pleasure I add , that this stanza could never be more ...
... young lady that's beautiful and wise , She'll be the happiest young gentlewoman under the skies , As long as the sun and moon shall rise , And how happy shall , etc. " It is with pleasure I add , that this stanza could never be more ...
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... young man , read Dodsley's Cleone , a Tragedy , to him , not aware of his extreme im- patience to be read to . As it went on , he turned his face to the back of his chair , and put himself into various atti- tudes , which marked his ...
... young man , read Dodsley's Cleone , a Tragedy , to him , not aware of his extreme im- patience to be read to . As it went on , he turned his face to the back of his chair , and put himself into various atti- tudes , which marked his ...
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... 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 metaphysicks , he thus ...
... 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 metaphysicks , he thus ...
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