Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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Pagina 14
... mentioned our design to Voltaire . He looked at me , as if I had talked of going to the North Pole , and said , ' You do not insist on my accom- panying you ? ' — ' No , Sir , ' — ' Then I am very willing you should go . ' I was not ...
... mentioned our design to Voltaire . He looked at me , as if I had talked of going to the North Pole , and said , ' You do not insist on my accom- panying you ? ' — ' No , Sir , ' — ' Then I am very willing you should go . ' I was not ...
Pagina 16
... mention ; but at present I cannot enter upon it , as I am in a very great hurry ; for I intend to begin my journey within an hour or two . ' He was as good as his word , and threw some pleasing motives into the northern scale . But ...
... mention ; but at present I cannot enter upon it , as I am in a very great hurry ; for I intend to begin my journey within an hour or two . ' He was as good as his word , and threw some pleasing motives into the northern scale . But ...
Pagina 17
... mention that he travelled in post - chaises , of which the rapid motion was one of his most favourite amusements3 . Dr. Samuel Johnson's character , religious , moral , political , and literary , nay his figure and manner , are , I ...
... mention that he travelled in post - chaises , of which the rapid motion was one of his most favourite amusements3 . Dr. Samuel Johnson's character , religious , moral , political , and literary , nay his figure and manner , are , I ...
Pagina 19
... mentioning such minute 1 See ante , i . 49 . 2 See ante , i . 48 . • Such they appeared to me ; but since the first edition , Sir Joshua Reynolds has observed to me , ' that Dr. Johnson's extraordinary ges- tures were only habits , in ...
... mentioning such minute 1 See ante , i . 49 . 2 See ante , i . 48 . • Such they appeared to me ; but since the first edition , Sir Joshua Reynolds has observed to me , ' that Dr. Johnson's extraordinary ges- tures were only habits , in ...
Pagina 33
... mentioned in this note was perhaps Francis Newbery , who succeeded his father , Goldsmith's publisher , as a dealer in quack medicines and books .. They dealt in ' over thirty different nostrums , ' and published . books of every nature ...
... mentioned in this note was perhaps Francis Newbery , who succeeded his father , Goldsmith's publisher , as a dealer in quack medicines and books .. They dealt in ' over thirty different nostrums , ' and published . books of every nature ...
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