Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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Hester Lynch Piozzi. Printed by T. C. Ncwby , Angel - Hill , Bury . PREFACE . I HAVE Somewhere heard or read , that.
Hester Lynch Piozzi. Printed by T. C. Ncwby , Angel - Hill , Bury . PREFACE . I HAVE Somewhere heard or read , that.
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Hester Lynch Piozzi. PREFACE . I HAVE Somewhere heard or read , that the preface before a book , like the portico before a house , should be contrived , so as to catch , but not detain , the attention of those who desire admission to the ...
Hester Lynch Piozzi. PREFACE . I HAVE Somewhere heard or read , that the preface before a book , like the portico before a house , should be contrived , so as to catch , but not detain , the attention of those who desire admission to the ...
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... heard him descant upon the age when people were received , and when rejected , in the schools once held for that bru- tal amusement , much to the admiration of those who had no expectation of his skill in such mat- ters , from the sight ...
... heard him descant upon the age when people were received , and when rejected , in the schools once held for that bru- tal amusement , much to the admiration of those who had no expectation of his skill in such mat- ters , from the sight ...
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... heard his brother speak with pride and pleasure , mentioning one cir- cumstance , particular enough , that when the company were one day lamenting the badness of the roads , he inquired where they could be , as he travelled the country ...
... heard his brother speak with pride and pleasure , mentioning one cir- cumstance , particular enough , that when the company were one day lamenting the badness of the roads , he inquired where they could be , as he travelled the country ...
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... heard him relate another odd thing of himself too , but it is one which every body has heard as well as me : how , when he was about nine years old , having got the play of Hamlet in his hand , and reading it quietly in his fa- ther's ...
... heard him relate another odd thing of himself too , but it is one which every body has heard as well as me : how , when he was about nine years old , having got the play of Hamlet in his hand , and reading it quietly in his fa- ther's ...
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