Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... once asked if he ever embellished a story - No , said he ; a story is to lead either to the knowledge of a fact or character , and is good for nothing if it be not strictly and literally true 3 . Round numbers , said he , are always ...
... once asked if he ever embellished a story - No , said he ; a story is to lead either to the knowledge of a fact or character , and is good for nothing if it be not strictly and literally true 3 . Round numbers , said he , are always ...
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... once slumbered at his own table while the Prince of Wales was talking of poetry . ' Works , viii . 309 . 2 For Andrew Millar , the book- seller , see Life , i . 287 , n . 3 . 3 Ib . ii . 363 . Sir Walter Scott , in his Address at the ...
... once slumbered at his own table while the Prince of Wales was talking of poetry . ' Works , viii . 309 . 2 For Andrew Millar , the book- seller , see Life , i . 287 , n . 3 . 3 Ib . ii . 363 . Sir Walter Scott , in his Address at the ...
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... once more hobble out to the theatre myself . " Ib . iv . 242 . ' The meek sorrows and virtuous distress of Catherine have furnished some scenes which may be justly numbered among the greatest efforts of tragedy . But the genius of Shake ...
... once more hobble out to the theatre myself . " Ib . iv . 242 . ' The meek sorrows and virtuous distress of Catherine have furnished some scenes which may be justly numbered among the greatest efforts of tragedy . But the genius of Shake ...
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... once seen Mr. Stanhope , Lord Chester- field's son , at Dodsley's shop , and was so much struck with his awkward manners and appearance , that he could not help asking Mr. Dodsley who he was3 . Speaking one day of tea , he said , —What ...
... once seen Mr. Stanhope , Lord Chester- field's son , at Dodsley's shop , and was so much struck with his awkward manners and appearance , that he could not help asking Mr. Dodsley who he was3 . Speaking one day of tea , he said , —What ...
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George Birkbeck Norman Hill. He was no great friend to puns , though he once by accident made a singular one . A person who affected to live after the Greek manner , and to anoint himself with oil , was one day mentioned before him ...
George Birkbeck Norman Hill. He was no great friend to puns , though he once by accident made a singular one . A person who affected to live after the Greek manner , and to anoint himself with oil , was one day mentioned before him ...
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