The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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Pagina 25
... reason , was not in very good humour . Our conversation was not brilliant . We supped , and went to bed in ancient rooms , which would have better suited the climate of Italy in summer , than that of Scotland in the month of November ...
... reason , was not in very good humour . Our conversation was not brilliant . We supped , and went to bed in ancient rooms , which would have better suited the climate of Italy in summer , than that of Scotland in the month of November ...
Pagina 27
... reasons candidly about the second - sight ; but I wish he had inquired more , before he ventured to say he even doubted of the possibility of such an unusual and useless deviation from all the known laws of nature . The notion of the ...
... reasons candidly about the second - sight ; but I wish he had inquired more , before he ventured to say he even doubted of the possibility of such an unusual and useless deviation from all the known laws of nature . The notion of the ...
Pagina 29
... reason ; and , to a man who is to appear in public , more eclat is to be gained , sometimes more money too , by a bon - mot , than a learned speech . It is the fund of natural humour which Lord North possesses , that makes him so much ...
... reason ; and , to a man who is to appear in public , more eclat is to be gained , sometimes more money too , by a bon - mot , than a learned speech . It is the fund of natural humour which Lord North possesses , that makes him so much ...
Pagina 38
... reason to be . But upon consideration of his poor friend's narrow circumstances , and that he had only a little profit in view , and meant no harm , he soon relented , and continued his kindness to him as formerly . ' In the course of ...
... reason to be . But upon consideration of his poor friend's narrow circumstances , and that he had only a little profit in view , and meant no harm , he soon relented , and continued his kindness to him as formerly . ' In the course of ...
Pagina 43
... reasons for which you are inclined to visit London are , I think , not of sufficient strength to answer the objections . That you should delight to come once a year to the fountain of intelligence and pleasure ... reason is so serious that.
... reasons for which you are inclined to visit London are , I think , not of sufficient strength to answer the objections . That you should delight to come once a year to the fountain of intelligence and pleasure ... reason is so serious that.
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