The Life of Samuel JohnsonModern Library, 1965 - 559 pagina's |
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Pagina 128
... attention to what was gen- erally right was so minute , that having observed at one of the stages that I ostentatiously gave a shilling to the coachman , when the custom was for each passenger to give only six- pence , he took me aside ...
... attention to what was gen- erally right was so minute , that having observed at one of the stages that I ostentatiously gave a shilling to the coachman , when the custom was for each passenger to give only six- pence , he took me aside ...
Pagina 290
... attention , and keep us from brooding over grief . In the evening we went to the Town - hall , which was con- verted into a temporary theatre , and saw " Theodosius , ' with The Stratford Jubilee . ' I was happy to see Dr. Johnson ...
... attention , and keep us from brooding over grief . In the evening we went to the Town - hall , which was con- verted into a temporary theatre , and saw " Theodosius , ' with The Stratford Jubilee . ' I was happy to see Dr. Johnson ...
Pagina 311
... attention will necessarily be paid to superiour fortune or rank . Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may have a double ...
... attention will necessarily be paid to superiour fortune or rank . Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may have a double ...
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