Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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7. oldal
... soon weary of Rubens , and the critics of Lucan ; and the refinements of every kind heaped upon civil life , always sicken their pos- sessors before the close of it . At the age of two years Mr. Johnson was brought up to London by his ...
... soon weary of Rubens , and the critics of Lucan ; and the refinements of every kind heaped upon civil life , always sicken their pos- sessors before the close of it . At the age of two years Mr. Johnson was brought up to London by his ...
25. oldal
... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . ' Why now , do but see how the world is gaping for a wonder ! ( cries Mr. Johnson . ) I think it is now just forty years ago that a young ...
... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . ' Why now , do but see how the world is gaping for a wonder ! ( cries Mr. Johnson . ) I think it is now just forty years ago that a young ...
34. oldal
... soon be exiled from society , and a conversation assembly - room would become tremendous as a court of justice . A set of acquaintance joined in familiar chat may say a thousand things , which ( as the phrase is ) pass well enough at ...
... soon be exiled from society , and a conversation assembly - room would become tremendous as a court of justice . A set of acquaintance joined in familiar chat may say a thousand things , which ( as the phrase is ) pass well enough at ...
61. oldal
... soon as I had heard them , and repent that I did not take the same method with a dissertation he made one other day that he was very ill , concerning the peculiar pro- perties of the number Sixteen , which I after- ward tried , but in ...
... soon as I had heard them , and repent that I did not take the same method with a dissertation he made one other day that he was very ill , concerning the peculiar pro- perties of the number Sixteen , which I after- ward tried , but in ...
82. oldal
... them both into public life where they might change partners at pleasure , each would soon forget that fondness which mutual dependance , and the paucity of general amusement alone , had caused , and each would separately 82 ANECDOTES OF.
... them both into public life where they might change partners at pleasure , each would soon forget that fondness which mutual dependance , and the paucity of general amusement alone , had caused , and each would separately 82 ANECDOTES OF.
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