The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of a Tour to the HebridesJohn Murray, Albermarle-Street, 1831 |
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Pagina vi
... observed that all works which describe manners re- quire notes in sixty or seventy years or less . " Post , v . ii . p . 200. And Dean Swift wrote to Pope on the subject of the Dunciad , " I could wish the notes to be very large in what ...
... observed that all works which describe manners re- quire notes in sixty or seventy years or less . " Post , v . ii . p . 200. And Dean Swift wrote to Pope on the subject of the Dunciad , " I could wish the notes to be very large in what ...
Pagina xxxv
... observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when in one of his leisure hours he was unbending himself with a few friends in the most playful and frolick- some manner , he observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he ...
... observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when in one of his leisure hours he was unbending himself with a few friends in the most playful and frolick- some manner , he observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he ...
Pagina 3
... observed , carefully suppressed by domestic or professional delicacy . This is natural and even laudable ; yet there are several important reasons why the obscurity in which such facts are usually buried may be regretted . Morally , we ...
... observed , carefully suppressed by domestic or professional delicacy . This is natural and even laudable ; yet there are several important reasons why the obscurity in which such facts are usually buried may be regretted . Morally , we ...
Pagina 8
... observed that the fact happened fifteen years before his birth ; and his father may be excused if he gave to his wife and son a romantic account of an affair of this nature . Such delicacy of sentiment and conduct as is here ascribed to ...
... observed that the fact happened fifteen years before his birth ; and his father may be excused if he gave to his wife and son a romantic account of an affair of this nature . Such delicacy of sentiment and conduct as is here ascribed to ...
Pagina 10
... observed to justify thus early the editor's opinion , that even in the small matters in which Boswell delights to accuse Mrs. Piozzi of inaccuracy , she is sometimes probably as correct as he is . ED . ] [ This anecdote of the duck ...
... observed to justify thus early the editor's opinion , that even in the small matters in which Boswell delights to accuse Mrs. Piozzi of inaccuracy , she is sometimes probably as correct as he is . ED . ] [ This anecdote of the duck ...
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