The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 páginas |
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... lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography : which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising ...
... lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography : which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising ...
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... lady , conversation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney- piece , or the fantastic figures on a gilt leather screen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient ...
... lady , conversation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney- piece , or the fantastic figures on a gilt leather screen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient ...
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... ladies with whom he was acquainted agree , that no man was more nicely and minutely critical in the elegance of female dress . When I found that he saw the romantic beauties of Islam , in Derbyshire , much better than I did , I told him ...
... ladies with whom he was acquainted agree , that no man was more nicely and minutely critical in the elegance of female dress . When I found that he saw the romantic beauties of Islam , in Derbyshire , much better than I did , I told him ...
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... lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that ...
... lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that ...
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... ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved , owing to their mother's strict discipline and severe correction , he exclaimed , in one of Shakspeare's lines a little varied , 2 " Rod , I will honour thee for this thy duty ...
... ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved , owing to their mother's strict discipline and severe correction , he exclaimed , in one of Shakspeare's lines a little varied , 2 " Rod , I will honour thee for this thy duty ...
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