The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... heard him , he states , humming and forming periods , in low whispers to himself , when shallow ob- servers thought he was muttering prayers . His own practice was , perhaps , alluded to by Johnson , in the following passage of his life ...
... heard him , he states , humming and forming periods , in low whispers to himself , when shallow ob- servers thought he was muttering prayers . His own practice was , perhaps , alluded to by Johnson , in the following passage of his life ...
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... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that college , the reverend William Adams , D. D. who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that college , the reverend William Adams , D. D. who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
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... heard from some of his contemporaries that he was generally seen lounging at the college gate , with a circle of young students round him , whom he was enter- taining with wit , and keeping from their studies , if not spi- riting them ...
... heard from some of his contemporaries that he was generally seen lounging at the college gate , with a circle of young students round him , whom he was enter- taining with wit , and keeping from their studies , if not spi- riting them ...
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... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means o Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmsley gave him a let- ter of introduction to Lintot his bookseller , and that ...
... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means o Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmsley gave him a let- ter of introduction to Lintot his bookseller , and that ...
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... heard him more than once talk of his frugal friend , whom he recollected with esteem and kindness , and did not like to have one smile at the recital . " This man , " said he , gravely , " was a very sen- sible man , who perfectly ...
... heard him more than once talk of his frugal friend , whom he recollected with esteem and kindness , and did not like to have one smile at the recital . " This man , " said he , gravely , " was a very sen- sible man , who perfectly ...
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