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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299. oldal
... speak ill of David that he does not deserve ; and as to Sir John , why really I believe him to be an honest man at ... speaking in his favour , and he then related an anecdote that he said he knew to be true in regard to his meanness ...
... speak ill of David that he does not deserve ; and as to Sir John , why really I believe him to be an honest man at ... speaking in his favour , and he then related an anecdote that he said he knew to be true in regard to his meanness ...
312. oldal
... speak to her of the sun , she does not know it rises in the east ; -if you speak to her of the moon , she does not know it changes at the full ; —if you speak to her of the queen , she does not know she is the king's wife ; -how , then ...
... speak to her of the sun , she does not know it rises in the east ; -if you speak to her of the moon , she does not know it changes at the full ; —if you speak to her of the queen , she does not know she is the king's wife ; -how , then ...
403. oldal
... speak it himself with propriety . For the rest of the evening the talk was in Latin . Boscovich had a ready current flow of that flimsy phraseology , with which a priest may travel through Italy , Spain , and Ger- many . Johnson scorned ...
... speak it himself with propriety . For the rest of the evening the talk was in Latin . Boscovich had a ready current flow of that flimsy phraseology , with which a priest may travel through Italy , Spain , and Ger- many . Johnson scorned ...
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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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