The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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Pagina 167
... person who upon hearing an extraordi- nary circumstance told , discovered more of the incredulus odi . He would say with a significant look and decisive tone , “ It is not so . Do not tell this again . " 2 He inculcated upon all his ...
... person who upon hearing an extraordi- nary circumstance told , discovered more of the incredulus odi . He would say with a significant look and decisive tone , “ It is not so . Do not tell this again . " 2 He inculcated upon all his ...
Pagina 228
... person who wrote them . I am vexed at being shewn verses in that manner . " MISS REYNOLDS . " But if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ? " JOHNSON . “ Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad ...
... person who wrote them . I am vexed at being shewn verses in that manner . " MISS REYNOLDS . " But if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ? " JOHNSON . “ Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad ...
Pagina 337
... person , of supposing himself obliged literally to pray continually ; had the madness turned the opposite way , and the person thought it a crime ever to pray , it might not improbably have continued unobserved . " 66 He apprehended ...
... person , of supposing himself obliged literally to pray continually ; had the madness turned the opposite way , and the person thought it a crime ever to pray , it might not improbably have continued unobserved . " 66 He apprehended ...
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