Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... observed , that the sayings themselves are generally great ; that , though he might be an ordinary composer at times , he was for the most part a Handel . BOSWELL . See ante , ii . 373 , 426 , and under Aug. 29 , 1783 . person Johnson's ...
... observed , that the sayings themselves are generally great ; that , though he might be an ordinary composer at times , he was for the most part a Handel . BOSWELL . See ante , ii . 373 , 426 , and under Aug. 29 , 1783 . person Johnson's ...
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... observed to me , ' that Dr. Johnson's extraordinary ges- tures were only habits , in which he indulged himself at certain times . When in company , where he was not free , or when engaged earnestly in conversation , he never gave way to ...
... observed to me , ' that Dr. Johnson's extraordinary ges- tures were only habits , in which he indulged himself at certain times . When in company , where he was not free , or when engaged earnestly in conversation , he never gave way to ...
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... observed , " I think Dr. Arbuthnot the first man among them . ' Ante , i . 492 . • ' We found that by the interposition of some invisible friend lodg- ings had been provided for us at the house of one of the professors , whose easy ...
... observed , " I think Dr. Arbuthnot the first man among them . ' Ante , i . 492 . • ' We found that by the interposition of some invisible friend lodg- ings had been provided for us at the house of one of the professors , whose easy ...
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... observed , that I sometimes call my great friend , Mr. Johnson , sometimes Dr. Johnson ; though he had at this time a doc- tor's degree from Trinity College , Dublin . The University of Oxford afterwards conferred it upon him by a ...
... observed , that I sometimes call my great friend , Mr. Johnson , sometimes Dr. Johnson ; though he had at this time a doc- tor's degree from Trinity College , Dublin . The University of Oxford afterwards conferred it upon him by a ...
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... observed at times to have a melancholy cast . He is rather fat than lean , rather short than tall , rather young than old . ' He is oddly enough described in Arighi's Histoire de Pascal Paoli , i . 231 , ' En tra- the 58 Johnson's ...
... observed at times to have a melancholy cast . He is rather fat than lean , rather short than tall , rather young than old . ' He is oddly enough described in Arighi's Histoire de Pascal Paoli , i . 231 , ' En tra- the 58 Johnson's ...
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