Johnsoniana: Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, by Mrs. Piozzi, Richard Cumberland, Bishop Percy and Others, Together with the Diary of Dr. Campbell and Extracts from that of Madame D'ArblayG. Bell & sons, 1884 - 479 oldal |
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... relate another odd thing of himself too , but it is one which every body has heard as well as I : how , when he was about nine years old , having got the play of " Hamlet " in his hand , and reading it quietly in his father's kitchen ...
... relate another odd thing of himself too , but it is one which every body has heard as well as I : how , when he was about nine years old , having got the play of " Hamlet " in his hand , and reading it quietly in his father's kitchen ...
15. oldal
... relate one thing more that Dr. Johnson said about baby- hood before I quit the subject ; it was this : " That little people should be encouraged always to tell whatever they hear particu- larly striking , to some brother , sister , or ...
... relate one thing more that Dr. Johnson said about baby- hood before I quit the subject ; it was this : " That little people should be encouraged always to tell whatever they hear particu- larly striking , to some brother , sister , or ...
49. oldal
... relate every fact as it stood , he looked even on the smaller parts of life with minute attention , and remembered such passages as escape cursory and common observers . " A story ( says he ) is a specimen of human manners , and derives ...
... relate every fact as it stood , he looked even on the smaller parts of life with minute attention , and remembered such passages as escape cursory and common observers . " A story ( says he ) is a specimen of human manners , and derives ...
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MRS PIOZZIS ANECDOTES 3121 | 3 |
Mrs Piozzis account of the separation from Johnson | 8 |
His general character | 26 |
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