Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to ...
... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to ...
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... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter katze to mention , that though he might err in being too severe ...
... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter katze to mention , that though he might err in being too severe ...
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... asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , in- deed , from the effects , that some men ...
... asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , in- deed , from the effects , that some men ...
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... was rightly attributed to him : - I think it is now just forty years ago , that a young fellow had a sprig of myrtle given him by a girl he courted , and asked 1734 ] BOSWELL AND MISS SEWARD 63 His juvenile attachments.
... was rightly attributed to him : - I think it is now just forty years ago , that a young fellow had a sprig of myrtle given him by a girl he courted , and asked 1734 ] BOSWELL AND MISS SEWARD 63 His juvenile attachments.
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... asked . Pope , without any knowledge of him but from his London , recommended him to Earl Gower , who endeavoured to pro- cure for him a degree from Dublin , by the following letter to a friend of Dean Swift : ' SIR , Mr. Samuel Johnson ...
... asked . Pope , without any knowledge of him but from his London , recommended him to Earl Gower , who endeavoured to pro- cure for him a degree from Dublin , by the following letter to a friend of Dean Swift : ' SIR , Mr. Samuel Johnson ...
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