The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fan- toccini in London , when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet was made to toss a pike , he could not bear that it should have such ...
... attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fan- toccini in London , when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet was made to toss a pike , he could not bear that it should have such ...
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... attention . He , how- ever , told me , that old Mr. Langton , though a man of considerable learning , had so little allowance to make for his occasional “ laxity of talk , " that because in the course of discussion he sometimes ...
... attention . He , how- ever , told me , that old Mr. Langton , though a man of considerable learning , had so little allowance to make for his occasional “ laxity of talk , " that because in the course of discussion he sometimes ...
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... attention . These latter topics will be promptly treated of , that the purchasers of this Library may be placed at once on a level with those who devote themselves to the gathering such information . In issuing the series , there will ...
... attention . These latter topics will be promptly treated of , that the purchasers of this Library may be placed at once on a level with those who devote themselves to the gathering such information . In issuing the series , there will ...
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