The Life of Samuel JohnsonModern Library, 1952 - 559 pagina's |
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Pagina 145
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson an- swered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The King then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson an- swered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The King then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
Pagina 146
... asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high compliment , he answered , ' No , Sir . When the King had said it , it was to be so . It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign ...
... asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high compliment , he answered , ' No , Sir . When the King had said it , it was to be so . It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign ...
Pagina 202
... asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him see I sus- pected it was his , though subscribed by Goldsmith . Johnson . Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write such a thing as that for him , than ...
... asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him see I sus- pected it was his , though subscribed by Goldsmith . Johnson . Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write such a thing as that for him , than ...
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