Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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28. oldal
... turn M's C - r - ct - c - s into ridicule for the diver- sion of himself and of chance comers - in . " The Elf - da ( says he ) was too exquisitely pretty ; I could make no fun out of that . " When up- on some occasions he would express ...
... turn M's C - r - ct - c - s into ridicule for the diver- sion of himself and of chance comers - in . " The Elf - da ( says he ) was too exquisitely pretty ; I could make no fun out of that . " When up- on some occasions he would express ...
40. oldal
... ( turning to Mr. Thrale ) , rather give away money than porter ? " 1 Mr. Johnson had never , by his own account , been a close student , and used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket , to be read at by - times ...
... ( turning to Mr. Thrale ) , rather give away money than porter ? " 1 Mr. Johnson had never , by his own account , been a close student , and used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket , to be read at by - times ...
43. oldal
... ( turning to my husband ) , what shall you and I do that is good for Tom Davies ? We will do something for him , to be sure . " Of Pope as a writer he had the highest opi- nion , and once when a lady at our house talked of his preface to ...
... ( turning to my husband ) , what shall you and I do that is good for Tom Davies ? We will do something for him , to be sure . " Of Pope as a writer he had the highest opi- nion , and once when a lady at our house talked of his preface to ...
46. oldal
... turn sour with stand- ing awhile for want of body , as we call it . " Of a much - admired poem , when extolled as beautiful , he replied , " That it had indeed the beauty of a bubble : the colours are gay ( said he ) , but the substance ...
... turn sour with stand- ing awhile for want of body , as we call it . " Of a much - admired poem , when extolled as beautiful , he replied , " That it had indeed the beauty of a bubble : the colours are gay ( said he ) , but the substance ...
49. oldal
... turn my view , All is strange , yet nothing new : Endless labour all along , Endless labour to be wrong : Phrase that Time has flung away ; Uncouth words in disarray , Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet , Ode , and elegy , and sonnet ...
... turn my view , All is strange , yet nothing new : Endless labour all along , Endless labour to be wrong : Phrase that Time has flung away ; Uncouth words in disarray , Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet , Ode , and elegy , and sonnet ...
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