Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... called the provincial's " grand tour " of London , visited the theatres , coffee - houses , and auction- rooms , heard all the popular preachers , and was introduced to the studios of Reynolds and Gainsborough ; he met Johnson often at ...
... called the provincial's " grand tour " of London , visited the theatres , coffee - houses , and auction- rooms , heard all the popular preachers , and was introduced to the studios of Reynolds and Gainsborough ; he met Johnson often at ...
Página xiii
... called " stark insensibility , " it is no less certain that for the most part the plea he made in his preface holds good , and that he was perfectly conscious of what he was doing and perfectly ready to sacrifice himself for the success ...
... called " stark insensibility , " it is no less certain that for the most part the plea he made in his preface holds good , and that he was perfectly conscious of what he was doing and perfectly ready to sacrifice himself for the success ...
Página xvii
... called " the Flemish picture of my friend . " A great subject and a great picture ! Nor can portrait and painter ever be dissociated . As long as the huge bulk of Johnson rolls down the stream of Time , so long will the queer little ...
... called " the Flemish picture of my friend . " A great subject and a great picture ! Nor can portrait and painter ever be dissociated . As long as the huge bulk of Johnson rolls down the stream of Time , so long will the queer little ...
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... called , will , he thinks , be better recommended to the public than by low jests , awkward buffoonery , or the dull scurrilities of either party . " If such a correspondence will be agreeable to you , be pleased to inform me in two ...
... called , will , he thinks , be better recommended to the public than by low jests , awkward buffoonery , or the dull scurrilities of either party . " If such a correspondence will be agreeable to you , be pleased to inform me in two ...
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... called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and without attending his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson , enraptured to hear that her son was below , desired the maid to ...
... called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and without attending his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson , enraptured to hear that her son was below , desired the maid to ...
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