Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... look and be tempted to go on , when he would have been frightened at books of a larger size and of a more erudite appearance . Being once asked if he ever embellished a story - No , said he ; a story is to lead either to the knowledge ...
... look and be tempted to go on , when he would have been frightened at books of a larger size and of a more erudite appearance . Being once asked if he ever embellished a story - No , said he ; a story is to lead either to the knowledge ...
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... look . I am to cancel a leaf of the first volume , having found that though Sir Joshua certainly assured me he had no objection to my mentioning that Johnson wrote a dedication for him , he now thinks otherwise . In that leaf occurs the ...
... look . I am to cancel a leaf of the first volume , having found that though Sir Joshua certainly assured me he had no objection to my mentioning that Johnson wrote a dedication for him , he now thinks otherwise . In that leaf occurs the ...
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... look at the number , but sealed it up . In the evening a handbill was circulated by Nicholson , that a ticket the day before sold at his office for 167. 8s . was drawn a prize for 5000l . The number was mentioned in the handbill . I had ...
... look at the number , but sealed it up . In the evening a handbill was circulated by Nicholson , that a ticket the day before sold at his office for 167. 8s . was drawn a prize for 5000l . The number was mentioned in the handbill . I had ...
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... looks well , talks well , dresses well , keeps his mare - in short is in all respects like a parliament man . Do you know that my bad spirits are returned upon me to a certain degree ; and such is the sickly fondness for change of place ...
... looks well , talks well , dresses well , keeps his mare - in short is in all respects like a parliament man . Do you know that my bad spirits are returned upon me to a certain degree ; and such is the sickly fondness for change of place ...
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... look at his pictures , so he won't read my writings . Was this like a man insensible to glory ! Thrale then asked him if he had got Miss Reynolds ' opinion , for she it seems is a politician ; as to that , quoth the Doctor , it is no ...
... look at his pictures , so he won't read my writings . Was this like a man insensible to glory ! Thrale then asked him if he had got Miss Reynolds ' opinion , for she it seems is a politician ; as to that , quoth the Doctor , it is no ...
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