Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Henry Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black_hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to ...
... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black_hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to ...
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... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too severe , the ...
... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too severe , the ...
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... some part of it , he read what he had done to Mr. Walmsley , who objected to his having already brought his heroine into great distress , and asked him , ' How can you possibly con- 1736 ] TRIES HIS FORTUNE IN LONDON 69 trive to.
... some part of it , he read what he had done to Mr. Walmsley , who objected to his having already brought his heroine into great distress , and asked him , ' How can you possibly con- 1736 ] TRIES HIS FORTUNE IN LONDON 69 trive to.
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... asked . Pope , without any knowledge of him but from his London , recommended him to Earl Gower , who endeavoured to pro- cure for him a degree from Dublin , by the following letter to a friend of Dean Swift : ' SIR , Mr. Samuel Johnson ...
... asked . Pope , without any knowledge of him but from his London , recommended him to Earl Gower , who endeavoured to pro- cure for him a degree from Dublin , by the following letter to a friend of Dean Swift : ' SIR , Mr. Samuel Johnson ...
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... the attempt as hopeless , he was of too heroick a spirit not to venture his life and fortune in the cause , when personally asked by him whom he thought his prince . 1740 ] EPITAPH ON PHILIPS 101 him with astonishment ,
... the attempt as hopeless , he was of too heroick a spirit not to venture his life and fortune in the cause , when personally asked by him whom he thought his prince . 1740 ] EPITAPH ON PHILIPS 101 him with astonishment ,
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