The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... appearing to acknowledge it to be well founded ; namely , it was somewhat remarkable how seldom , on occasion of coming into the company of any new per- son , one felt any wish or inclination to see him again . " This year the reverend ...
... appearing to acknowledge it to be well founded ; namely , it was somewhat remarkable how seldom , on occasion of coming into the company of any new per- son , one felt any wish or inclination to see him again . " This year the reverend ...
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... appeared in any note , or any corner of later publications ; is it not fair to understand him as superciliously persevering ? When he allows the shafts to remain in the wounds , and will not stretch forth a lenient hand , is it wrong ...
... appeared in any note , or any corner of later publications ; is it not fair to understand him as superciliously persevering ? When he allows the shafts to remain in the wounds , and will not stretch forth a lenient hand , is it wrong ...
Page 52
... appeared to me to have a considerable share of merit , and to display a pretty successful imitation of Johnson's style . When I mentioned this to a very eminent literary character , he opposed me vehemently , exclaiming , “ No , no , it ...
... appeared to me to have a considerable share of merit , and to display a pretty successful imitation of Johnson's style . When I mentioned this to a very eminent literary character , he opposed me vehemently , exclaiming , “ No , no , it ...
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... appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an advanced age , and who had retired from life with declared disappointment in his expectations . An instance at once of his pensive turn of mind , and his ...
... appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an advanced age , and who had retired from life with declared disappointment in his expectations . An instance at once of his pensive turn of mind , and his ...
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... appeared in publick , belongs to this year ; but I shall previously insert the first two in the order of their dates . They altogether form a grand groupe in my biographical picture . TO THE HONOURABLE WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . - " SIR ...
... appeared in publick , belongs to this year ; but I shall previously insert the first two in the order of their dates . They altogether form a grand groupe in my biographical picture . TO THE HONOURABLE WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . - " SIR ...
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