“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: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... appeared in his manners , was more striking to me now , from my having been accustomed to the studied , smooth , complying habits of the continent ; and I clearly recognised in him , not without respect for his honest conscientious zeal ...
... appeared in his manners , was more striking to me now , from my having been accustomed to the studied , smooth , complying habits of the continent ; and I clearly recognised in him , not without respect for his honest conscientious zeal ...
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... appearance ever gained be- fore . He made two speeches in the House for repealing the Stamp Act , which were publicly com- mended by Mr. Pitt , and have filled the town with wonder . " Burke is a great man by EDMUND BURKE . nature , and ...
... appearance ever gained be- fore . He made two speeches in the House for repealing the Stamp Act , which were publicly com- mended by Mr. Pitt , and have filled the town with wonder . " Burke is a great man by EDMUND BURKE . nature , and ...
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... appearance , as to clothes , was genteelly neat and plain . He had always a postchaise , and kept three horses . " Such , with the resources I have mentioned , was his way of living , which he did not suffer to employ his whole income ...
... appearance , as to clothes , was genteelly neat and plain . He had always a postchaise , and kept three horses . " Such , with the resources I have mentioned , was his way of living , which he did not suffer to employ his whole income ...
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... appeared at once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small family ; and this proved a clear conviction , that could not be answered , and saved all future dispute . He was , in general , very diligently and ...
... appeared at once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small family ; and this proved a clear conviction , that could not be answered , and saved all future dispute . He was , in general , very diligently and ...
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... appeared to me to be undoubtedly Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . 66 " " " Sir , " said ... appearance of defrauding her subscribers : But what can I do ? the Doctor [ Johnson ] always puts me off with ' Well ...
... appeared to me to be undoubtedly Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . 66 " " " Sir , " said ... appearance of defrauding her subscribers : But what can I do ? the Doctor [ Johnson ] always puts me off with ' Well ...
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