Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late Dr. Samuel JohnsonOxford University Press, 1974 - 201 oldal |
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... observe - the master will scarcely give sixpence to get it oiled . ' Of another lady , more insipid than offensive , I once heard him say , ' She has some softness indeed , but so has a pillow . ' And when one observed in reply , that ...
... observe - the master will scarcely give sixpence to get it oiled . ' Of another lady , more insipid than offensive , I once heard him say , ' She has some softness indeed , but so has a pillow . ' And when one observed in reply , that ...
140. oldal
... observe , that in giving little memoirs of Mr. Johnson's behaviour and conversation , such as I saw and heard it , my book lies under manifest disadvantages , compared with theirs , who having seen him in various situations , and observed ...
... observe , that in giving little memoirs of Mr. Johnson's behaviour and conversation , such as I saw and heard it , my book lies under manifest disadvantages , compared with theirs , who having seen him in various situations , and observed ...
158. oldal
... observed immediately to produce that of the company , not merely from the notion that it was proper to laugh when he did , but purely out of want of power to forbear it . He was no enemy to splendour of apparel or pomp of equipage ...
... observed immediately to produce that of the company , not merely from the notion that it was proper to laugh when he did , but purely out of want of power to forbear it . He was no enemy to splendour of apparel or pomp of equipage ...
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