The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1George Allen & Unwin, Limited, 1924 |
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... heard so much in view , that I could give it very completely soon after I had taken it down . " One of his notebooks came into Lord Houghton's possession , who states that it contains “ several sheets filled with anecdotes and observa ...
... heard so much in view , that I could give it very completely soon after I had taken it down . " One of his notebooks came into Lord Houghton's possession , who states that it contains “ several sheets filled with anecdotes and observa ...
Pagina 12
... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she . " I can say it , " he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it over more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she . " I can say it , " he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it over more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
Pagina 13
... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
Pagina 18
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen 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 ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen 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 ...
Pagina 19
... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions , that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . " After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford , 1 Johnson was , at the ...
... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions , that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . " After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford , 1 Johnson was , at the ...
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