The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times , as is so common when superficial minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed , maintained its ...
... never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times , as is so common when superficial minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed , maintained its ...
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... never happy for the present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; you are driving rapidly from some- thing , or to something . " — Talking of melancholy , he ...
... never happy for the present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; you are driving rapidly from some- thing , or to something . " — Talking of melancholy , he ...
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... never before knew how much I was respected by these gentle- men they told me none of these things . " He had been in company with Omai , a native of one of the South Sea islands , after he had been some time in this country . He was ...
... never before knew how much I was respected by these gentle- men they told me none of these things . " He had been in company with Omai , a native of one of the South Sea islands , after he had been some time in this country . He was ...
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... never to be allowed to justify , must often be very oppressive , unless juries , whom I am more and more confirmed in hold- ing to be judges of law as well as of fact , resolutely interpose . Of late , an act of parliament has passed ...
... never to be allowed to justify , must often be very oppressive , unless juries , whom I am more and more confirmed in hold- ing to be judges of law as well as of fact , resolutely interpose . Of late , an act of parliament has passed ...
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... never put his name to any thing . He showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Peffer , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the ...
... never put his name to any thing . He showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Peffer , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the ...
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