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... present age ; when Johnson replied , " I have known a great many ladies who knew Latin , but very few who knew En- glish . " A lady observed , that women surpassed men in epistolary correspondence . Johnson said , " I do " At least ...
... present age ; when Johnson replied , " I have known a great many ladies who knew Latin , but very few who knew En- glish . " A lady observed , that women surpassed men in epistolary correspondence . Johnson said , " I do " At least ...
Pagina 10
... present Mrs. Lucy Porter , had won Johnson's youthful heart , when she was upon a visit at my grandfather's in Johnson's school - days . Dis- gusted by his unsightly form , she had a personal aversion to him . Business taking Johnson to ...
... present Mrs. Lucy Porter , had won Johnson's youthful heart , when she was upon a visit at my grandfather's in Johnson's school - days . Dis- gusted by his unsightly form , she had a personal aversion to him . Business taking Johnson to ...
Pagina 11
... present scarcity of trees in Scotland , we are much deceived by fame if a very near ancestor of his , who was a native of that country , did not find to his cost , that a tree was not quite such a rarity in his days . ' That some ...
... present scarcity of trees in Scotland , we are much deceived by fame if a very near ancestor of his , who was a native of that country , did not find to his cost , that a tree was not quite such a rarity in his days . ' That some ...
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... present ; it would carry us too far . Suppose it granted , that , in the mind of a young girl , the weaker arguments appeared the strongest , her want of better judgment should excite thy pity , not thy resentment . " JOHNSON . " Madam ...
... present ; it would carry us too far . Suppose it granted , that , in the mind of a young girl , the weaker arguments appeared the strongest , her want of better judgment should excite thy pity , not thy resentment . " JOHNSON . " Madam ...
Pagina 21
... present sufferings , and fer- vently wish I had power to relieve them . A few days since I was to drink tea with him , by his request , at Mrs. Porter's . When I went into the room , he was in deep but agitated slumber , in an arm ...
... present sufferings , and fer- vently wish I had power to relieve them . A few days since I was to drink tea with him , by his request , at Mrs. Porter's . When I went into the room , he was in deep but agitated slumber , in an arm ...
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