The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning , as his humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant ...
... Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning , as his humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant ...
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... Hector relates , that he could not oblige him more than by sauntering away the hours of vacation in the fields , during which he was more engaged in talking to himself than to his companion . Dr. Percy , the bishop of Dromore , who was ...
... Hector relates , that he could not oblige him more than by sauntering away the hours of vacation in the fields , during which he was more engaged in talking to himself than to his companion . Dr. Percy , the bishop of Dromore , who was ...
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... Hector , his schoolfellow and friend ; from which I select the following specimens : Translation of Virgil . Pastoral I. Melibaus . Now , Tityrus , you , supine and careless laid , Play on your pipe beneath this beechen shade ; While ...
... Hector , his schoolfellow and friend ; from which I select the following specimens : Translation of Virgil . Pastoral I. Melibaus . Now , Tityrus , you , supine and careless laid , Play on your pipe beneath this beechen shade ; While ...
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... Hector and An- dromache ; from the sixth book of Homer's Iliad . SHE ceas'd ; then godlike Hector answer'd kind , His various plumage sporting in the wind : That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake ...
... Hector and An- dromache ; from the sixth book of Homer's Iliad . SHE ceas'd ; then godlike Hector answer'd kind , His various plumage sporting in the wind : That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake ...
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... Hector , guard of Troy ! Tears , at my name , shall drown those beauteous eyes , And that fair bosom heave with rising sighs ! Before that day , by some brave hero's hand , May I lie slain , and spurn the bloody sand . To a Young Lady ...
... Hector , guard of Troy ! Tears , at my name , shall drown those beauteous eyes , And that fair bosom heave with rising sighs ! Before that day , by some brave hero's hand , May I lie slain , and spurn the bloody sand . To a Young Lady ...
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