“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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... told me , a great many years ago , " he believed he had dedicated to all the royal family round ; " and it was indifferent to him what was the subject of the work dedicated , provided it were innocent . He once dedicated some music for ...
... told me , a great many years ago , " he believed he had dedicated to all the royal family round ; " and it was indifferent to him what was the subject of the work dedicated , provided it were innocent . He once dedicated some music for ...
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... told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : — “ Pope drives a handsome chariot , with a couple of neat trim nags ; Dryden a coach , and six stately horses . " JOHNSON : " Why Sir , the ...
... told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : — “ Pope drives a handsome chariot , with a couple of neat trim nags ; Dryden a coach , and six stately horses . " JOHNSON : " Why Sir , the ...
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... told him that a foreign friend of his , whom I had met with abroad , was so wretchedly perverted to infidelity that he treated the hopes of immortality with brutal levity : and said , “ As man dies like a dog , let him lie like a dog ...
... told him that a foreign friend of his , whom I had met with abroad , was so wretchedly perverted to infidelity that he treated the hopes of immortality with brutal levity : and said , “ As man dies like a dog , let him lie like a dog ...
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... told you . The little things which distinguish domestic characters are soon forgotten : if you delay to inquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write , information will be vain.4 1 Samuel Dyer , Esq . , a most learned ...
... told you . The little things which distinguish domestic characters are soon forgotten : if you delay to inquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write , information will be vain.4 1 Samuel Dyer , Esq . , a most learned ...
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... told his servants , that if that did not suffice , he would allow them more ; but , by this method , it appeared at once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small family ; and this proved a clear conviction , that ...
... told his servants , that if that did not suffice , he would allow them more ; but , by this method , it appeared at once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small family ; and this proved a clear conviction , that ...
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