The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... heard all the popular preachers , and was introduced to the studios of Reynolds and Gainsborough ; he met Johnson often at the Thrales's and elsewhere , besides visiting him at his own house , and though they seem to have been good ...
... heard all the popular preachers , and was introduced to the studios of Reynolds and Gainsborough ; he met Johnson often at the Thrales's and elsewhere , besides visiting him at his own house , and though they seem to have been good ...
Page 13
... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she . " I can say it , " he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she . " I can say it , " he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic relation of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic relation of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . " After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford , Johnson was , at the age ...
... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . " After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford , Johnson was , at the age ...
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