The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... king's evil , which disfigured a countenance naturally well formed , and hurt his visual nerves so much , that he did not see at all with one of his eyes , though its appearance was little different from 1 This anecdote of the duck ...
... king's evil , which disfigured a countenance naturally well formed , and hurt his visual nerves so much , that he did not see at all with one of his eyes , though its appearance was little different from 1 This anecdote of the duck ...
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... kings encouraged , and to which a man of such inquiry and such judgment as Carte could give credit ; carried him to London , where he was actually touched by Queen Anne.3 Mrs. Johnson indeed , as Mr. 1 Prayers and Meditations , p . 27 ...
... kings encouraged , and to which a man of such inquiry and such judgment as Carte could give credit ; carried him to London , where he was actually touched by Queen Anne.3 Mrs. Johnson indeed , as Mr. 1 Prayers and Meditations , p . 27 ...
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... on tiptoe , he only did not stoop . From his earliest 1 " Sword , I will hallow thee for this thy deed . " - Second Part of King Henry VI . , iv . 10 . HIS SCHOOL - DAYS 19 years , his superiority was 18 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... on tiptoe , he only did not stoop . From his earliest 1 " Sword , I will hallow thee for this thy deed . " - Second Part of King Henry VI . , iv . 10 . HIS SCHOOL - DAYS 19 years , his superiority was 18 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... king of men . His schoolfellow , Mr. Hector , has obligingly furnished me with many particulars of his boyish days ; and assured me that he never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their ...
... king of men . His schoolfellow , Mr. Hector , has obligingly furnished me with many particulars of his boyish days ; and assured me that he never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their ...
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... King Priam's hoary age So much lament his slaughter'd son . Leave off , at length , these woman's sighs ; Augustus ' numerous trophies sing ; Repeat that prince's victories , To whom all nations tribute bring . Niphates rolls an humbler ...
... King Priam's hoary age So much lament his slaughter'd son . Leave off , at length , these woman's sighs ; Augustus ' numerous trophies sing ; Repeat that prince's victories , To whom all nations tribute bring . Niphates rolls an humbler ...
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