Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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... wish not to keep my readers long from such inti- macy with the manners of Dr. Johnson , or such knowledge of his sentiments as these pages can convey . Το urge my distance from England as an excuse for the book's being ill written ...
... wish not to keep my readers long from such inti- macy with the manners of Dr. Johnson , or such knowledge of his sentiments as these pages can convey . Το urge my distance from England as an excuse for the book's being ill written ...
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... Wishes , calling her The general favourite as the general friend . Nor could any one pay more willing homage to such a character , though she had not been re- lated to him , than did Dr. Johnson on every occasion that offered : his ...
... Wishes , calling her The general favourite as the general friend . Nor could any one pay more willing homage to such a character , though she had not been re- lated to him , than did Dr. Johnson on every occasion that offered : his ...
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... wish to recollect with pleasure , unpoisoned by remorse for not re- membering more . While I write this , I neg- lect impressing my mind with the wonders of art , and beauties of nature , that now surround me ; and shall one day ...
... wish to recollect with pleasure , unpoisoned by remorse for not re- membering more . While I write this , I neg- lect impressing my mind with the wonders of art , and beauties of nature , that now surround me ; and shall one day ...
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... wish , Can yield no room to Music's soothing power . Some of the old legendary stories put in verse by modern writers provoked him to caricature them thus one day at Streatham ; but they are already well - know , I am sure . The tender ...
... wish , Can yield no room to Music's soothing power . Some of the old legendary stories put in verse by modern writers provoked him to caricature them thus one day at Streatham ; but they are already well - know , I am sure . The tender ...
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... wish your su- periority in the art you profess , to be preserved in stuff more durable than canvas . " Sir Joshua urged the difficulty of procuring a plate large enough for historical subjects , and was going to raise farther ...
... wish your su- periority in the art you profess , to be preserved in stuff more durable than canvas . " Sir Joshua urged the difficulty of procuring a plate large enough for historical subjects , and was going to raise farther ...
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