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... pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . " This shewed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly out of his contem- plation , and that he uniformly adhered to that strange opinion which his indolent ...
... pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . " This shewed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly out of his contem- plation , and that he uniformly adhered to that strange opinion which his indolent ...
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... pounds , ten shillings . He would not receive it , supposing it to be some trick , nor did he even look at it . But upon enquiry afterwards he found that it was a real packet for him , from that very friend in the East- Indies of whom ...
... pounds , ten shillings . He would not receive it , supposing it to be some trick , nor did he even look at it . But upon enquiry afterwards he found that it was a real packet for him , from that very friend in the East- Indies of whom ...
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... pounds for his labour besides a few sets of the books , to disperse among his friends . - Shiels had nearly seventy pounds , besides the advantage of many of the best Lives in the work being com- municated by friends to the undertaking ...
... pounds for his labour besides a few sets of the books , to disperse among his friends . - Shiels had nearly seventy pounds , besides the advantage of many of the best Lives in the work being com- municated by friends to the undertaking ...
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... pounds a year , as Reynolds told me , and to allow him to play so often on such terms that he may gain four hundred pounds more . What Colman can get 68 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
... pounds a year , as Reynolds told me , and to allow him to play so often on such terms that he may gain four hundred pounds more . What Colman can get 68 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
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... pounds , being in all five hundred pounds , by an agreement to which I am a subscribing witness ; and now for a third octavo volume he has received no less than six hundred pounds . In 1777 , it appears from his " Prayers and ...
... pounds , being in all five hundred pounds , by an agreement to which I am a subscribing witness ; and now for a third octavo volume he has received no less than six hundred pounds . In 1777 , it appears from his " Prayers and ...
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Página 483 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
Página 359 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Página 251 - Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men : but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Página 366 - Why," said Johnson, smiling and rolling himself about, "that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal truth and politeness, " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Página 200 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Página 529 - And while it shall please Thee to continue me in this world, where much is to be done, and little to be known...
Página 365 - ... only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose: often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how.