The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... told the company he was a good scholar , and a poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of con ...
... told the company he was a good scholar , and a poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of con ...
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... told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731 ...
... told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731 ...
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... told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to overcome it by forcible exertions ...
... told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to overcome it by forcible exertions ...
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... told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that ...
... told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that ...
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... told me that Johnson , while he was at Pem- broke college , was caressed and loved by all about him , was a gay and frolicksome fellow , and passed there the happiest part of his life . But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of ...
... told me that Johnson , while he was at Pem- broke college , was caressed and loved by all about him , was a gay and frolicksome fellow , and passed there the happiest part of his life . But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of ...
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