The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... thing . ' Colman slily said , ( but it is believed Dr. Johnson did not hear him , ) f Probably The Sisters , a comedy performed one night only , at Covent - gar- den , in 1769. Dr. Goldsmith wrote an excellent epilogue to it . Mrs ...
... thing . ' Colman slily said , ( but it is believed Dr. Johnson did not hear him , ) f Probably The Sisters , a comedy performed one night only , at Covent - gar- den , in 1769. Dr. Goldsmith wrote an excellent epilogue to it . Mrs ...
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... thing which struck the Portuguese with the greatest astonishment when they first discovered the East Indies . " - Boswell . i John , the first earl Granville , who died Jan. 2 , 1763. - MALONE . life , had ever spent an hour by himself ...
... thing which struck the Portuguese with the greatest astonishment when they first discovered the East Indies . " - Boswell . i John , the first earl Granville , who died Jan. 2 , 1763. - MALONE . life , had ever spent an hour by himself ...
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... things than odes . ' ' Yes , sir , ' said Johnson , for a hog . ' 999 " " His distinction of the different degrees of attainment of learning was thus marked upon two occasions . Of queen Elizabeth he said , She had learning enough to ...
... things than odes . ' ' Yes , sir , ' said Johnson , for a hog . ' 999 " " His distinction of the different degrees of attainment of learning was thus marked upon two occasions . Of queen Elizabeth he said , She had learning enough to ...
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... thing of the matter or not an Englishman is content to say nothing , when he has nothing to say . " " 66 His unjust contempt for foreigners was , indeed , ex- treme . One evening , at old Slaughter's coffee - house , when a number of ...
... thing of the matter or not an Englishman is content to say nothing , when he has nothing to say . " " 66 His unjust contempt for foreigners was , indeed , ex- treme . One evening , at old Slaughter's coffee - house , when a number of ...
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... thing in gene- ral , to give it up again in parts . For instance , if he had said Reynolds was the first of painters , he was capable enough of giving up , as objections might happen to be severally made , first , his outline , -- then ...
... thing in gene- ral , to give it up again in parts . For instance , if he had said Reynolds was the first of painters , he was capable enough of giving up , as objections might happen to be severally made , first , his outline , -- then ...
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