The Life of Samuel JohnsonJ. M. Dent, 1907 - 1172 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... pleasure which it furnishes . I experienced immediate happiness while whirled along with such a com- panion , and said to him , " Sir , you observed one day at General Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present , but when ...
... pleasure which it furnishes . I experienced immediate happiness while whirled along with such a com- panion , and said to him , " Sir , you observed one day at General Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present , but when ...
Pagina 18
... pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confidence ; so that there was hardly any topick , if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality , that he might not have been ...
... pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confidence ; so that there was hardly any topick , if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality , that he might not have been ...
Pagina 29
... pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear- baiting , will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ...
... pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear- baiting , will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ...
Pagina 49
... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recom- mend a squeeze of this orange ; -or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " - " Sir , Sir , I am obliged to you , Sir , " cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him ...
... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recom- mend a squeeze of this orange ; -or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " - " Sir , Sir , I am obliged to you , Sir , " cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him ...
Pagina 62
... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that pleasure was abated . " Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well ; I dined with him the other day . * * * * * " It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening of ...
... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that pleasure was abated . " Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well ; I dined with him the other day . * * * * * " It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening of ...
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