The Life of Samuel Johnson, Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondance and Conversations, ... and Original Pieces of His Composition, Volume 4Baynes and son, 1826 |
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... asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had op- posed it , he said , ' Sir , among the anfractuosities of the human ...
... asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had op- posed it , he said , ' Sir , among the anfractuosities of the human ...
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... asked him the reason of this , he replied , ' Sir , I thought it had been better . ' " 66 · Talking of a point of delicate scrupulosity of moral conduct , he said to Mr. Langton , Men of harder minds than ours will do many things from ...
... asked him the reason of this , he replied , ' Sir , I thought it had been better . ' " 66 · Talking of a point of delicate scrupulosity of moral conduct , he said to Mr. Langton , Men of harder minds than ours will do many things from ...
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... asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man ' . I do not know when I have had an occasion of such free contro- versy . It is remarkable how much of a man's life may pass without meeting with any instance of this kind of open discussion ...
... asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man ' . I do not know when I have had an occasion of such free contro- versy . It is remarkable how much of a man's life may pass without meeting with any instance of this kind of open discussion ...
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... . Then , looking steadfastly on him , Sir , there is a part of that song which I should wish to exemplify in my own life : May I govern my passions with absolute sway ! " " 66 " 999 999 Being asked if Barnes knew a 14 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... . Then , looking steadfastly on him , Sir , there is a part of that song which I should wish to exemplify in my own life : May I govern my passions with absolute sway ! " " 66 " 999 999 Being asked if Barnes knew a 14 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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... asked if Barnes knew a good deal of Greek , he answered , ' I doubt , sir , he was unoculus inter cæcos " ? " He used frequently to observe , that men might be very eminent in a profession , without our perceiving any particular power ...
... asked if Barnes knew a good deal of Greek , he answered , ' I doubt , sir , he was unoculus inter cæcos " ? " He used frequently to observe , that men might be very eminent in a profession , without our perceiving any particular power ...
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