The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory 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 Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 |
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... remark , that when upon any occasion Johnson had been rough to any person in company , he took the first opportunity of reconciliation , by drinking to him , or addressing his discourse to him ; but if he found his dignified indirect ...
... remark , that when upon any occasion Johnson had been rough to any person in company , he took the first opportunity of reconciliation , by drinking to him , or addressing his discourse to him ; but if he found his dignified indirect ...
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... remarks of your own upon that or any other play , I shall gladly receive them . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Warton . İ sometimes think of wandering for a few days to Winchester , but am apt to delay . I am , Sir , “ " Your most humble ...
... remarks of your own upon that or any other play , I shall gladly receive them . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Warton . İ sometimes think of wandering for a few days to Winchester , but am apt to delay . I am , Sir , “ " Your most humble ...
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... remarked , there had been some good Irish writers , and that one Irishman might at least aspire to be equal to another . He had great compassion for the miseries and dis- tresses of the Irish nation , particularly the Papists ; and ...
... remarked , there had been some good Irish writers , and that one Irishman might at least aspire to be equal to another . He had great compassion for the miseries and dis- tresses of the Irish nation , particularly the Papists ; and ...
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... remarked , that his con- versation usually threatened and announced more than it performed ; that he fed you with a continual renovation of hope , to end in a constant succession of disappointment . " When exasperated by contradiction ...
... remarked , that his con- versation usually threatened and announced more than it performed ; that he fed you with a continual renovation of hope , to end in a constant succession of disappointment . " When exasperated by contradiction ...
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... remarked , that its violence and ill effects were much exaggerated ; for who knows any real sufferings on that head , more than from the exorbitancy of any other passion ? 6 " He much commended ' Law's Serious Call , ' which he said was ...
... remarked , that its violence and ill effects were much exaggerated ; for who knows any real sufferings on that head , more than from the exorbitancy of any other passion ? 6 " He much commended ' Law's Serious Call , ' which he said was ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2 James Boswell,Samuel Johnson Visualização integral - 1791 |
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