The Life of Samuel JohnsonModern Library, 1952 - 559 pagina's |
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Pagina 102
... passed some years in Scotland as a player , and as an in- structor in the English language , a man whose talents and worth were depressed by misfortunes , had given me a repre- sentation of the figure and manner of Dictionary Johnson ...
... passed some years in Scotland as a player , and as an in- structor in the English language , a man whose talents and worth were depressed by misfortunes , had given me a repre- sentation of the figure and manner of Dictionary Johnson ...
Pagina 107
... passed the morning , I boldly repaired to Johnson . His Chambers were on the first floor of No. 1 , Inner - Temple - lane , and I entered them with an impression given me by the Reverend Dr. Blair , of Edinburgh , who had been ...
... passed the morning , I boldly repaired to Johnson . His Chambers were on the first floor of No. 1 , Inner - Temple - lane , and I entered them with an impression given me by the Reverend Dr. Blair , of Edinburgh , who had been ...
Pagina 434
... passed in England , than twenty thousand pounds at the end of ten years passed in India , because you must compute what you give for money ; and a man who has lived ten years in India , has given up ten years of social comfort and all ...
... passed in England , than twenty thousand pounds at the end of ten years passed in India , because you must compute what you give for money ; and a man who has lived ten years in India , has given up ten years of social comfort and all ...
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