The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 38
... young gentlemen boating off Bognor with their father on a very fine day , the boat was unaccountably upset , and the two youths perished ; and thus were once more fulfilled the forebodings of superstition . See some curious observations ...
... young gentlemen boating off Bognor with their father on a very fine day , the boat was unaccountably upset , and the two youths perished ; and thus were once more fulfilled the forebodings of superstition . See some curious observations ...
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... young , no doubt there was a great body , perhaps the numerical majority of the nation , who were opposed to or , at least , not cordial to the Hanover succession ; but the events of 1745 showed how small in number and how weak in ...
... young , no doubt there was a great body , perhaps the numerical majority of the nation , who were opposed to or , at least , not cordial to the Hanover succession ; but the events of 1745 showed how small in number and how weak in ...
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... young or middle - aged man , when leaving a company , does not recollect where he laid his hat , it is nothing ; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man , people will shrug up their shoulders , and say , ' His memory is ...
... young or middle - aged man , when leaving a company , does not recollect where he laid his hat , it is nothing ; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man , people will shrug up their shoulders , and say , ' His memory is ...
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... young girl , struck by his extraordinary motions , said to him , " Pray , Dr. Johnson , why do you make such strange gestures ? " " From bad habit , " he replied . " Do you , my dear , take care to guard against bad habits . " This I ...
... young girl , struck by his extraordinary motions , said to him , " Pray , Dr. Johnson , why do you make such strange gestures ? " " From bad habit , " he replied . " Do you , my dear , take care to guard against bad habits . " This I ...
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... young gentleman of good family . " Sir , when I heard of him last , he was running about town shooting cats . " And then , in a sort of kindly reverie , he bethought [ See ante , vol . iii . p . 394 , where Johnson gives a less amiable ...
... young gentleman of good family . " Sir , when I heard of him last , he was running about town shooting cats . " And then , in a sort of kindly reverie , he bethought [ See ante , vol . iii . p . 394 , where Johnson gives a less amiable ...
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