The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Head . I must beg , sir , that you will enquire after them , and let me know what is to be done . I am willing to go . to ten pounds , and will transmit you such a sum , if , upon examination , you find it likely to be of use . If they ...
... Head . I must beg , sir , that you will enquire after them , and let me know what is to be done . I am willing to go . to ten pounds , and will transmit you such a sum , if , upon examination , you find it likely to be of use . If they ...
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... head . In this poem there was the following portrait of Johnson : Here Johnson comes , -unblest with outward grace , His rigid morals stamp'd upon his face . While strong conceptions struggle in his brain ; ( For even wit is brought to ...
... head . In this poem there was the following portrait of Johnson : Here Johnson comes , -unblest with outward grace , His rigid morals stamp'd upon his face . While strong conceptions struggle in his brain ; ( For even wit is brought to ...
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... head , and thus at once freed itself from its woes : " This must end ' em . " I said , this was a curious fact , as it showed deliberate suicide in a reptile . Johnson would not admit the fact . He said , Maupertuis was ÆTAT , 59. ] 45 ...
... head , and thus at once freed itself from its woes : " This must end ' em . " I said , this was a curious fact , as it showed deliberate suicide in a reptile . Johnson would not admit the fact . He said , Maupertuis was ÆTAT , 59. ] 45 ...
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... head is merely a convulsion , and that it does not sting itself . He said he would be satisfied if the great anatomist Morgagni , after dissecting a scorpion on which the experiment had been tried , should certify that its sting had ...
... head is merely a convulsion , and that it does not sting itself . He said he would be satisfied if the great anatomist Morgagni , after dissecting a scorpion on which the experiment had been tried , should certify that its sting had ...
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... head higher in conversation than Baretti . There are strong powers in his mind . He has not , indeed , many hooks ; but with what hooks he has , he grapples very forcibly . " At this time I observed upon the dial - plate of his watch a ...
... head higher in conversation than Baretti . There are strong powers in his mind . He has not , indeed , many hooks ; but with what hooks he has , he grapples very forcibly . " At this time I observed upon the dial - plate of his watch a ...
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