The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she , " I can say it , " he replied ; and he repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she , " I can say it , " he replied ; and he repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , vary ing only one epithet , by which he improved the line . Lord He never joined with the other boys in ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , vary ing only one epithet , by which he improved the line . Lord He never joined with the other boys in ...
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... heard him say what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that college , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious expostula ...
... heard him say what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that college , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious expostula ...
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... heard from my illustrious friend the following curious account of their journey to church upon the nuptial morn [ 9th July ] : - " Sir , she had read the old romances , and had got into her head the fantastical notion that a woman of ...
... heard from my illustrious friend the following curious account of their journey to church upon the nuptial morn [ 9th July ] : - " Sir , she had read the old romances , and had got into her head the fantastical notion that a woman of ...
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... heard him more How he employed himself upon his first coming abroad , and paid visits . " to London is not particularly known . * I never than once talk of his frugal friend , whom he re- heard that he found any protection or encourage ...
... heard him more How he employed himself upon his first coming abroad , and paid visits . " to London is not particularly known . * I never than once talk of his frugal friend , whom he re- heard that he found any protection or encourage ...
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