The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent & Company, 1901 - 466 páginas |
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... observed Johnson shaking his sides , and laughing . Upon which he smartly proceeded , " Why , Dr. Johnson , this is not so easy as you seem to think ; for if you were to make little fishes talk , they would talk like WHALES . " 99 ...
... observed Johnson shaking his sides , and laughing . Upon which he smartly proceeded , " Why , Dr. Johnson , this is not so easy as you seem to think ; for if you were to make little fishes talk , they would talk like WHALES . " 99 ...
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... observed , that he was not like Addison , who was content with the fame of his writings , and did not aim also at excellency in conversation , for which he found himself unfit ; and that he said to a lady who complained of his having ...
... observed , that he was not like Addison , who was content with the fame of his writings , and did not aim also at excellency in conversation , for which he found himself unfit ; and that he said to a lady who complained of his having ...
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... observed that Barclay speaks of infant baptism ; which they calmly made him perceive . Mr. Lloyd , however , was in a great mistake ; for when insisting that the rite of baptism by water was to cease , when the spiritual administration ...
... observed that Barclay speaks of infant baptism ; which they calmly made him perceive . Mr. Lloyd , however , was in a great mistake ; for when insisting that the rite of baptism by water was to cease , when the spiritual administration ...
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