The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... answer it , ' without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it ' , he would have his victim held down by two other boys over a three - legged stool - always kept in a permanent position in the schoolroom for ...
... answer it , ' without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it ' , he would have his victim held down by two other boys over a three - legged stool - always kept in a permanent position in the schoolroom for ...
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Christopher Hibbert. Jonson's Morose , whose injunction was , " Answer me not but with your leg . " In short , they ... answered : “ A mere trifle , Sir , not worth repeating . " The mortification of Richardson was visible , and he did ...
Christopher Hibbert. Jonson's Morose , whose injunction was , " Answer me not but with your leg . " In short , they ... answered : “ A mere trifle , Sir , not worth repeating . " The mortification of Richardson was visible , and he did ...
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... answer to another visitor , who asked him if he had been out of the house that day . ' You may as well ask if I hanged myself to - day . ' And when Mrs Desmoulins and Boswell regretted , in his presence at tea one day , that he had ...
... answer to another visitor , who asked him if he had been out of the house that day . ' You may as well ask if I hanged myself to - day . ' And when Mrs Desmoulins and Boswell regretted , in his presence at tea one day , that he had ...
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