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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... with , " I think I have read , " or , " If I remember right , " when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to those. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION .
... with , " I think I have read , " or , " If I remember right , " when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to those. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION .
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... remember , ' says Hale , ' when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal , that there is likewise a pity due to the country . ' If we owe regard to the memory of the dead , there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue ...
... remember , ' says Hale , ' when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal , that there is likewise a pity due to the country . ' If we owe regard to the memory of the dead , there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue ...
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... remember Queen Anne , - " He had , " he said , a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in ...
... remember Queen Anne , - " He had , " he said , a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in ...
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... 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 ordinary diversions : his ...
... 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 ordinary diversions : his ...
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... remembers Dr. Johnson on a visit to Dr. Taylor , at Ashbourne , some time between the end of the year '37 , and the middle of the year '40 ; she rather thinks it to have been after he and his wife were removed to London . During his ...
... remembers Dr. Johnson on a visit to Dr. Taylor , at Ashbourne , some time between the end of the year '37 , and the middle of the year '40 ; she rather thinks it to have been after he and his wife were removed to London . During his ...
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