The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 44
... Sometimes gay and airy , sometimes sober and grave . Too proud of living among the great . Probably forward to make acquaintance . No literary man ever talked so much of his fortune . Grotto . Importance . Post - office , letters open ...
... Sometimes gay and airy , sometimes sober and grave . Too proud of living among the great . Probably forward to make acquaintance . No literary man ever talked so much of his fortune . Grotto . Importance . Post - office , letters open ...
Page 45
... sometimes , after all his art and labour , one verse seems to be made for the sake of another . " " He has a few double rhymes : but always , I think , unsuccessfully , except one in the Rape of the Lock . " - LIFE OF POPE . z The late ...
... sometimes , after all his art and labour , one verse seems to be made for the sake of another . " " He has a few double rhymes : but always , I think , unsuccessfully , except one in the Rape of the Lock . " - LIFE OF POPE . z The late ...
Page 65
... sometimes , but not socially . " The first evening that I was with him at Thrale's , I observed he poured a large quantity of it into a glass , and swallowed it greedily . Every thing about his character and manners was forcible and ...
... sometimes , but not socially . " The first evening that I was with him at Thrale's , I observed he poured a large quantity of it into a glass , and swallowed it greedily . Every thing about his character and manners was forcible and ...
Page 70
... sometimes found , he did not wonder that many missed it . 66 ' The general course of his life was determined by his profession he studied the sacred volumes in the original languages ; with what diligence and success his Notes upon the ...
... sometimes found , he did not wonder that many missed it . 66 ' The general course of his life was determined by his profession he studied the sacred volumes in the original languages ; with what diligence and success his Notes upon the ...
Page 89
... Butler , Waller , and sometimes Cowley . " We talked of letter - writing . JOHNSON . " It is now become so much the fashion to publish letters , that , in order to avoid it , I put as little into mine ÆETAT . 72. ] 89 DR . JOHNSON .
... Butler , Waller , and sometimes Cowley . " We talked of letter - writing . JOHNSON . " It is now become so much the fashion to publish letters , that , in order to avoid it , I put as little into mine ÆETAT . 72. ] 89 DR . JOHNSON .
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