Life of Johnson, Volumen1H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... 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 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 more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... 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 ...
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... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession , ' 1725 ÆTAT . 16. — AFTER having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford ...
... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession , ' 1725 ÆTAT . 16. — AFTER having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford ...
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... heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany Johnson's Translation of the Messiah appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poeticks . Ex ...
... heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany Johnson's Translation of the Messiah appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poeticks . Ex ...
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... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
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