Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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19. oldal
... scarcely be reduced to rule , and which come under no description . Of these he retained so many very strange ones , that I suppose no one who saw his odd manner of gesticulating , much blamed or wondered at the good lady's solicitude ...
... scarcely be reduced to rule , and which come under no description . Of these he retained so many very strange ones , that I suppose no one who saw his odd manner of gesticulating , much blamed or wondered at the good lady's solicitude ...
60. oldal
... scarcely find room in the human mind . " Our English author on the other hand exclaims , Let no man give himself leave to talk about in- finite number , for infinite number is a contra- diction in terms ; whatever is once numbered we ...
... scarcely find room in the human mind . " Our English author on the other hand exclaims , Let no man give himself leave to talk about in- finite number , for infinite number is a contra- diction in terms ; whatever is once numbered we ...
98. oldal
... states of Russia and Turkey , she was exceedingly angry to be sure , and scarcely I think forgave the offence , till the domestic distresses of the year 1772 reconciled them to , and taught them the true value of 98 ANECDOTES OF.
... states of Russia and Turkey , she was exceedingly angry to be sure , and scarcely I think forgave the offence , till the domestic distresses of the year 1772 reconciled them to , and taught them the true value of 98 ANECDOTES OF.
120. oldal
... in genuine force of mind . " Mr. Johnson had however an avowed and scarcely limited partiality for all who bore the name or boasted the alliance of an Aston or a Hervey ; and when Mr. Thrale once asked him which 120 ANECDOTES OF.
... in genuine force of mind . " Mr. Johnson had however an avowed and scarcely limited partiality for all who bore the name or boasted the alliance of an Aston or a Hervey ; and when Mr. Thrale once asked him which 120 ANECDOTES OF.
131. oldal
... 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 her husband's fidelity and ...
... 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 her husband's fidelity and ...
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