Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious de- meanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have ...
... sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious de- meanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have ...
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... had this anecdote from Dr. Adams , and Dr. Johnson confirmed it . Bramston , in his Man of Taste , has the same thought : • ' Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . ' 1730 ] A NEST OF SINGING - BIRDS 51 I.
... had this anecdote from Dr. Adams , and Dr. Johnson confirmed it . Bramston , in his Man of Taste , has the same thought : • ' Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . ' 1730 ] A NEST OF SINGING - BIRDS 51 I.
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... sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr ...
... sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr ...
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... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids , and wanton poets . ' ' Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of Greece , signs which heaven must by another miracle enable us to understand , yet might ...
... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids , and wanton poets . ' ' Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of Greece , signs which heaven must by another miracle enable us to understand , yet might ...
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... Sure , thou art an errour of nature , and an exception to the rest of thy sex , and art immortal ; for sentiments like thine were never to sink into nothing . I thought all the thoughts of the fair had been to select the graces of the ...
... Sure , thou art an errour of nature , and an exception to the rest of thy sex , and art immortal ; for sentiments like thine were never to sink into nothing . I thought all the thoughts of the fair had been to select the graces of the ...
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