Anecdotes of Samuel JohnsonUniversity Press, 1932 - 196 oldal |
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... shew his superiority to the common forms of common life . It is surely no dispraise to an oak that it does not bear jessa- mine ; and he who should plant honeysuckle round Trajan's column , would not be thought to adorn , but to ...
... shew his superiority to the common forms of common life . It is surely no dispraise to an oak that it does not bear jessa- mine ; and he who should plant honeysuckle round Trajan's column , would not be thought to adorn , but to ...
75. oldal
... shew a friend who was conversant in canine beauty and excellence , how the dogs quar- relled , and fastening on each other , alarmed all the company except Johnson , who seizing one in one hand by the cuff of the neck , the other in the ...
... shew a friend who was conversant in canine beauty and excellence , how the dogs quar- relled , and fastening on each other , alarmed all the company except Johnson , who seizing one in one hand by the cuff of the neck , the other in the ...
179. oldal
... shew it was a purple mixed with green . " Well , well ( replied he , changing his voice ) , you little creatures should never wear those sort of clothes however ; they are unsuitable in every way . What ! have not all insects gay ...
... shew it was a purple mixed with green . " Well , well ( replied he , changing his voice ) , you little creatures should never wear those sort of clothes however ; they are unsuitable in every way . What ! have not all insects gay ...
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