The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... gave the first impression of that more extensive reading in which he had indulged himself . His tutor , Mr. Jorden , fellow of Pembroke , was not , it seems , a man of such abilities as we should conceive requisite for the instructor of ...
... gave the first impression of that more extensive reading in which he had indulged himself . His tutor , Mr. Jorden , fellow of Pembroke , was not , it seems , a man of such abilities as we should conceive requisite for the instructor of ...
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... gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politics ; he should confine ...
... gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politics ; he should confine ...
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... gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the instant . She used to repeat them to me , when I asked her for the Verses Dr. Johnson gave her " On a Sprig of Myrtle " which he had stolen or begged from ...
... gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the instant . She used to repeat them to me , when I asked her for the Verses Dr. Johnson gave her " On a Sprig of Myrtle " which he had stolen or begged from ...
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... gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter nothing . " He at this time , I believe , abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly ...
... gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter nothing . " He at this time , I believe , abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly ...
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... gave it to Mr. Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw materials of prose , partly worked up ...
... gave it to Mr. Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw materials of prose , partly worked up ...
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