The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... talked on that subject . This , it seems , exasperated him ; though he said nothing at the time . The cloud was charged with sulphureous vapour , which was afterwards to burst in thunder . - We talked of a gentleman who was running out ...
... talked on that subject . This , it seems , exasperated him ; though he said nothing at the time . The cloud was charged with sulphureous vapour , which was afterwards to burst in thunder . - We talked of a gentleman who was running out ...
Page 226
... talked of the numbers of people that sometimes have composed the households of great families . I mentioned that there were a hundred in the family of the present Earl of Eglintoune's father . Dr. Johnson seeming to doubt it , I began ...
... talked of the numbers of people that sometimes have composed the households of great families . I mentioned that there were a hundred in the family of the present Earl of Eglintoune's father . Dr. Johnson seeming to doubt it , I began ...
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... talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less , admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
... talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less , admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
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