Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had op- posed it , he said , " Sir , among the anfractuosities of the human ...
... asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had op- posed it , he said , " Sir , among the anfractuosities of the human ...
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... asked him , how he liked that paper ; he shook his head , and an- swered , " too wordy . " At another time , when one was reading his tragedy of Irene to a company at a house in the country , he left the room ; and somebody having asked ...
... asked him , how he liked that paper ; he shook his head , and an- swered , " too wordy . " At another time , when one was reading his tragedy of Irene to a company at a house in the country , he left the room ; and somebody having asked ...
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... asked Tom Davies , whom he saw drest in a fine suit of clothes , " And what art thou to - night ? " Tom an- swered , " The Thane of Ross ' ; " ( which it will be recol- lected is a very inconsiderable character . ) " O brave ! " said ...
... asked Tom Davies , whom he saw drest in a fine suit of clothes , " And what art thou to - night ? " Tom an- swered , " The Thane of Ross ' ; " ( which it will be recol- lected is a very inconsiderable character . ) " O brave ! " said ...
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... asked the Doctor , " Why did Pope say this ? " JOHN- SON . " Sir , he hoped it would vex somebody . ' ' Dr. Goldsmith , upon occasion of Mrs. Lennox's bring- ing out a play ' , said to Dr. Johnson at the CLUB , that a 1 See ante , i ...
... asked the Doctor , " Why did Pope say this ? " JOHN- SON . " Sir , he hoped it would vex somebody . ' ' Dr. Goldsmith , upon occasion of Mrs. Lennox's bring- ing out a play ' , said to Dr. Johnson at the CLUB , that a 1 See ante , i ...
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... asked who [ sic ] the piece was written by ? " By one of your Majesty's chaplains , " said Foote , unable even then to suppress his wit ; " and dull enough to have been written by a bishop . " ' Forster's Essays , ii . 435. See ante , i ...
... asked who [ sic ] the piece was written by ? " By one of your Majesty's chaplains , " said Foote , unable even then to suppress his wit ; " and dull enough to have been written by a bishop . " ' Forster's Essays , ii . 435. See ante , i ...
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