Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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... written , would be ridiculous ; it might indeed serve as a just reason for my having written it at all ; because , though others may print the same aphorisms and stories , I cannot here vi be sure that they have done so . As.
... written , would be ridiculous ; it might indeed serve as a just reason for my having written it at all ; because , though others may print the same aphorisms and stories , I cannot here vi be sure that they have done so . As.
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... was once the request of the deceased , and twice the desire of these whose will I ever delighted to comply with , should have engaged me to add my little B book to the number of those already written on the ANECDOTES. ...
... was once the request of the deceased , and twice the desire of these whose will I ever delighted to comply with , should have engaged me to add my little B book to the number of those already written on the ANECDOTES. ...
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... written to entertain . This objection is however now at an end , as I have found friends , far remote indeed from li- terary questions , who may yet be diverted from melancholy by my description of Johnson's manners , warmed to virtue ...
... written to entertain . This objection is however now at an end , as I have found friends , far remote indeed from li- terary questions , who may yet be diverted from melancholy by my description of Johnson's manners , warmed to virtue ...
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... written on a stone he saw standing by the way side , set up , as it proved , in honour of a man who had leaped a certain leap there- abouts , the extent of which was specified upon the stone : Why now , says my uncle , I could leap it ...
... written on a stone he saw standing by the way side , set up , as it proved , in honour of a man who had leaped a certain leap there- abouts , the extent of which was specified upon the stone : Why now , says my uncle , I could leap it ...
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... written on the subject , followed his usual amusements , and considered his conscience as lightened of a crime . He redoubled his diligence to learn the language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from the pain ...
... written on the subject , followed his usual amusements , and considered his conscience as lightened of a crime . He redoubled his diligence to learn the language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from the pain ...
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acquaintance amusements anecdotes answer asked attention believe better called character comical commended common conversation creature cries dear delight dinner distresses Doctor Don Quixote dress Edmund Burke elegance exceedingly expressed familiar chat fancy favourite fellow Florus Garrick gentleman give Greek language happy hated hear heard heart honour hope human humour husband knew lady lamented laugh learning lecting less live look loved Lucy Porter manner ment Michael Johnson mind neral never O'er observed occasion offended once pain panegyric perhaps person piety play pleasing pleasure poor praise profession racter recollect remember replied Johnson Rio verde Samuel Johnson says Dr says Johnson scarcely Shakspeare shew sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds story Streatham sure talk teased tell tenderness thing thought Thrale tion told truth verses virtue Whig Whiggism wife wish write written young