The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pagina's |
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... appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable ' Tour , ' which I found here on my ...
... appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable ' Tour , ' which I found here on my ...
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... appears highly probable . He told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to overcome ...
... appears highly probable . He told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to overcome ...
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... appears from the following passage in his minutes , kept by way of diary : - " Sept. 7 , 1736. I have this day entered upon my 28th year . Mayest thou , O God , enable me , for Jesus Christ's sake , to spend this in such a manner , that ...
... appears from the following passage in his minutes , kept by way of diary : - " Sept. 7 , 1736. I have this day entered upon my 28th year . Mayest thou , O God , enable me , for Jesus Christ's sake , to spend this in such a manner , that ...
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... appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my posses- sion , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study , according to computation , of which he was all his life fond , as it fixed his ...
... appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my posses- sion , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study , according to computation , of which he was all his life fond , as it fixed his ...
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... appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , which strongly displays his spirit and virtuous dignity of mind . " 1732 , Julii 15. Undecim aureos deposui , quo die quicquid ante matris funus ( quod serum ...
... appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , which strongly displays his spirit and virtuous dignity of mind . " 1732 , Julii 15. Undecim aureos deposui , quo die quicquid ante matris funus ( quod serum ...
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