The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... recollecting , and was very assiduous in recording , his con- versation , of which the extraordinary vigour and vivacity constituted one of the first features of his character ; and as I have spared no pains in obtaining materials ...
... recollecting , and was very assiduous in recording , his con- versation , of which the extraordinary vigour and vivacity constituted one of the first features of his character ; and as I have spared no pains in obtaining materials ...
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... recollecting a book he had once seen [ I suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , entitled De Veritate Religionis , & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglect- ing such a means of information , and took ...
... recollecting a book he had once seen [ I suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , entitled De Veritate Religionis , & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglect- ing such a means of information , and took ...
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... recollected him well when a young man , as distinguished for his complaisance . And that his politeness was not merely occasional and temporary , or confined to the circles of Lichfield , is ascertained by the testimony of a lady , who ...
... recollected him well when a young man , as distinguished for his complaisance . And that his politeness was not merely occasional and temporary , or confined to the circles of Lichfield , is ascertained by the testimony of a lady , who ...
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... recollects his writing " That the poet had described the dull sameness of his existence in these words ' Vitam ... recollected with the strongest aversion , and even a degree of horror . But it is probable that at this period , what ...
... recollects his writing " That the poet had described the dull sameness of his existence in these words ' Vitam ... recollected with the strongest aversion , and even a degree of horror . But it is probable that at this period , what ...
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... recollected with esteem and kindness , and did not like to have one smile at the recital . " This man , " said he , gravely , “ was a very sensible man , who perfectly understood common affairs : a man of a great deal of knowledge of ...
... recollected with esteem and kindness , and did not like to have one smile at the recital . " This man , " said he , gravely , “ was a very sensible man , who perfectly understood common affairs : a man of a great deal of knowledge of ...
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