The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 92
... show the interest in the undertaking which had earlier been expected of him , now made amends for this negli- gence by recommending the forthcoming volumes by writing two papers in praise of them for the World . Had these compliments ...
... show the interest in the undertaking which had earlier been expected of him , now made amends for this negli- gence by recommending the forthcoming volumes by writing two papers in praise of them for the World . Had these compliments ...
Page 136
... show how much better he could jump over a stick than the puppets could , he had broken his shin . John Hawkins related numerous anecdotes to show just how absurdly ' this idiot ' behaved . ' At the breaking up of an evening at a tavern ...
... show how much better he could jump over a stick than the puppets could , he had broken his shin . John Hawkins related numerous anecdotes to show just how absurdly ' this idiot ' behaved . ' At the breaking up of an evening at a tavern ...
Page 319
... shows itself to be the man . One may sometimes suspect that he was partly laughing at himself as he played this role of the orotund man of learning or magniloquent moralist . In the final Rambler essay , however , he justified his use ...
... shows itself to be the man . One may sometimes suspect that he was partly laughing at himself as he played this role of the orotund man of learning or magniloquent moralist . In the final Rambler essay , however , he justified his use ...
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