The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... expressed , that I cannot refrain from here inserting it : " I shall endeavour , " says Dr. Warburton , " to give you what satisfaction I can in anything you want to be satisfied in any 1 Mrs. Thrale , afterwards Mrs. Piozzi . subject ...
... expressed , that I cannot refrain from here inserting it : " I shall endeavour , " says Dr. Warburton , " to give you what satisfaction I can in anything you want to be satisfied in any 1 Mrs. Thrale , afterwards Mrs. Piozzi . subject ...
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... gloomy wretchedness . From him then his son inherited , with some other qualities , " a vile melancholy , " which in 1 Bacon's Advancement of Learning , Book I. B. his too strong expression of any disturbance of the mind.
... gloomy wretchedness . From him then his son inherited , with some other qualities , " a vile melancholy , " which in 1 Bacon's Advancement of Learning , Book I. B. his too strong expression of any disturbance of the mind.
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James Boswell. his too strong expression of any disturbance of the mind , " made him mad all his life , at least not sober . " 1 Michael was , however , forced by the narrowness of his circumstances to be very diligent in business , not ...
James Boswell. his too strong expression of any disturbance of the mind , " made him mad all his life , at least not sober . " 1 Michael was , however , forced by the narrowness of his circumstances to be very diligent in business , not ...
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... expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod . " I would rather , " said he , " have the rod to be the general terror to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be ...
... expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod . " I would rather , " said he , " have the rod to be the general terror to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be ...
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... expressed himself concerning it in terms of strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems ...
... expressed himself concerning it in terms of strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems ...
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