The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... expressed in terms not good enough for a tallow- chandler to have used . " " " Talking of a court - martial that was sitting upon a very momentous publick occasion , he expressed much doubt of an enlightened decision ; and said , that ...
... expressed in terms not good enough for a tallow- chandler to have used . " " " Talking of a court - martial that was sitting upon a very momentous publick occasion , he expressed much doubt of an enlightened decision ; and said , that ...
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... expression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of performances the age and country in which they were written was delighted : for it is to be ap- prehended , that at the time when very wild improbable tales were well received , the ...
... expression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of performances the age and country in which they were written was delighted : for it is to be ap- prehended , that at the time when very wild improbable tales were well received , the ...
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... expression ; but Johnson always seized upon the conversation , in which , however , he acquitted himself in a most masterly manner . As Mr. Burke and Mr. Langton were walking home , Mr. Burke observed that Johnson had been very great ...
... expression ; but Johnson always seized upon the conversation , in which , however , he acquitted himself in a most masterly manner . As Mr. Burke and Mr. Langton were walking home , Mr. Burke observed that Johnson had been very great ...
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... expression , Sir , I can make him rear . ' But he failed : for in that interview Richardson said little else than that there lay in the room a translation of his Clarissa into German * " A literary lady has favoured me with a ...
... expression , Sir , I can make him rear . ' But he failed : for in that interview Richardson said little else than that there lay in the room a translation of his Clarissa into German * " A literary lady has favoured me with a ...
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... expressed great dissatisfaction at his vary- ing the old established toast , Church and king . archbishop of Canterbury , ' said he , with an affected smooth smiling grimace , drinks , Constitution in church and state . ' Being asked ...
... expressed great dissatisfaction at his vary- ing the old established toast , Church and king . archbishop of Canterbury , ' said he , with an affected smooth smiling grimace , drinks , Constitution in church and state . ' Being asked ...
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