Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1960 - 1491 páginas |
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... once asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not ... once observed to me that ' Johnson knew more books than any man alive . ' He had a peculiar facility in seizing at ...
... once asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered ' No , Sir ; I do not ... once observed to me that ' Johnson knew more books than any man alive . ' He had a peculiar facility in seizing at ...
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... once at the seat of Lord Clive , who had returned from India with great wealth ; and that he shewed him at the door of his bed - chamber a large chest , which he said he had once had full of gold ; upon which Brown observed , " I am ...
... once at the seat of Lord Clive , who had returned from India with great wealth ; and that he shewed him at the door of his bed - chamber a large chest , which he said he had once had full of gold ; upon which Brown observed , " I am ...
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... once talked to him of some of the sayings which every body repeats , but nobody knows where to find , such as Quos DEUS vult perdere , prius dementat ; 1 he told me that he was once offered ten guineas to point out from whence Semel ...
... once talked to him of some of the sayings which every body repeats , but nobody knows where to find , such as Quos DEUS vult perdere , prius dementat ; 1 he told me that he was once offered ten guineas to point out from whence Semel ...
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Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds | 1 |
Advertisement to the Third Edition | 9 |
Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
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