Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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5. oldal
... took from us even the power of laughing . Michael Johnson was past fifty years old when he married his wife , who was upwards of forty ; yet I think her son told me she remain- ed three years childless before he was born into the world ...
... took from us even the power of laughing . Michael Johnson was past fifty years old when he married his wife , who was upwards of forty ; yet I think her son told me she remain- ed three years childless before he was born into the world ...
12. oldal
... took a journey to Litch- field fifty - seven years afterward to support and comfort her in her last illness ; he had inquired for his nurse , and she was dead . The recol- lection of such reading as had delighted him in his infancy ...
... took a journey to Litch- field fifty - seven years afterward to support and comfort her in her last illness ; he had inquired for his nurse , and she was dead . The recol- lection of such reading as had delighted him in his infancy ...
13. oldal
... took himself severely to task for this sin , adding ma- ny acts of voluntary , and to others unknown , penance . The first opportunity which offered ( of course ) he seized the book with avidity ; but on examination not finding himself ...
... took himself severely to task for this sin , adding ma- ny acts of voluntary , and to others unknown , penance . The first opportunity which offered ( of course ) he seized the book with avidity ; but on examination not finding himself ...
24. oldal
... much affection ) from the year 1753 till the time Mr. Thrale and you took me up . I intend , however , to disappoint the rogues , and either make you write the life , with Taylor's intelligence ; or , which is better , 24 ANECDOTES OF.
... much affection ) from the year 1753 till the time Mr. Thrale and you took me up . I intend , however , to disappoint the rogues , and either make you write the life , with Taylor's intelligence ; or , which is better , 24 ANECDOTES OF.
37. oldal
... took to be his ; and I have heard the author say , that he never forgave the offence . Sophron was likewise a picture drawn from re- ality ; and by Gelidus the philosopher , he meant to represent Mr. Coulson , a mathematician , who ...
... took to be his ; and I have heard the author say , that he never forgave the offence . Sophron was likewise a picture drawn from re- ality ; and by Gelidus the philosopher , he meant to represent Mr. Coulson , a mathematician , who ...
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