The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of a Tour to the HebridesJohn Murray, Albermarle-Street, 1831 |
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Pagina 13
... verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He added , " my father was a foolish old man ; that is to say , foolish in talking of his children1 . " [ He Piozzi , always seemed more mortified at the recollection of the bustle his ...
... verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He added , " my father was a foolish old man ; that is to say , foolish in talking of his children1 . " [ He Piozzi , always seemed more mortified at the recollection of the bustle his ...
Pagina 14
... verses that children could re- cite , or the songs they could sing ; particularly to one friend who told him that his two sons should repeat Gray's Elegy to him alternately , that he might judge who had the happiest cadence . " No ...
... verses that children could re- cite , or the songs they could sing ; particularly to one friend who told him that his two sons should repeat Gray's Elegy to him alternately , that he might judge who had the happiest cadence . " No ...
Pagina 23
... verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their or- dinary diversions : his only amusement was in winter , when he ...
... verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their or- dinary diversions : his only amusement was in winter , when he ...
Pagina 30
... verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the ...
... verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the ...
Pagina 32
... verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought : " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and ... verse , as a Christmas exer- cise1 . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he ...
... verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought : " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and ... verse , as a Christmas exer- cise1 . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he ...
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