Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 504
... common than to mistake surnames when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To prevent this , he used not only to pronounce them slowly and distinctly , but to take the trou- ble of spelling them ; a practice which I have ...
... common than to mistake surnames when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To prevent this , he used not only to pronounce them slowly and distinctly , but to take the trou- ble of spelling them ; a practice which I have ...
Page 508
... common pomatum , and make it fragrant . The oil does not fly off in the drying . " BOSWELL . " I wish to have a good ... common thing in England , Sir ? " JOHNSON . " Not so common , Sir , as you imagine . In Lincolnshire there is hardly ...
... common pomatum , and make it fragrant . The oil does not fly off in the drying . " BOSWELL . " I wish to have a good ... common thing in England , Sir ? " JOHNSON . " Not so common , Sir , as you imagine . In Lincolnshire there is hardly ...
Page 586
... common sense , and a very attentive and minute survey of real life . His mind was so full of imagery , that he might have been perpetually a poet ; yet it is remarkable , that , however rich his prose is in this respect , his poetical ...
... common sense , and a very attentive and minute survey of real life . His mind was so full of imagery , that he might have been perpetually a poet ; yet it is remarkable , that , however rich his prose is in this respect , his poetical ...
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