Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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... told me : his business , however , leading him to be much on horseback , contributed to the preservation of his bodily health , and mental sanity ; which , when he stayed long at home , would sometimes be about to 2 ANECDOTES OF.
... told me : his business , however , leading him to be much on horseback , contributed to the preservation of his bodily health , and mental sanity ; which , when he stayed long at home , would sometimes be about to 2 ANECDOTES OF.
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... told me she remain- ed three years childless before he was born into the world , who so greatly contributed to im- prove it . In three years more she brought an- other son , Nathaniel , who lived to be twenty- seven or twenty - eight ...
... told me she remain- ed three years childless before he was born into the world , who so greatly contributed to im- prove it . In three years more she brought an- other son , Nathaniel , who lived to be twenty- seven or twenty - eight ...
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... told me : their mother at eighty - nine , of a gradual decay . She was slight in her per- son , he said , and rather below than above the common size . So excellent was her character , and so blameless her life , that when an oppres ...
... told me : their mother at eighty - nine , of a gradual decay . She was slight in her per- son , he said , and rather below than above the common size . So excellent was her character , and so blameless her life , that when an oppres ...
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... told him that his two sons should repeat Gray's Elegy to him alternately , that he might judge who had the happiest ca- dence . " No , pray sir ( said he ) , let the dears both speak it at once ; more noise will by that means be made ...
... told him that his two sons should repeat Gray's Elegy to him alternately , that he might judge who had the happiest ca- dence . " No , pray sir ( said he ) , let the dears both speak it at once ; more noise will by that means be made ...
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... told of giants and castles , and of somewhat which can stretch and stimulate their little minds . " When in answer I would urge the numerous editions and quick sale of Tommy Prudent or Goody Two Shoes , " Re- member always ( said he ) ...
... told of giants and castles , and of somewhat which can stretch and stimulate their little minds . " When in answer I would urge the numerous editions and quick sale of Tommy Prudent or Goody Two Shoes , " Re- member always ( said he ) ...
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