Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Volume 4Harper, 1891 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... speak ten words more the whole day . Dr. Johnson was present , and appeared to enjoy it much . BOSWELL . 2 ' E'en in a bishop I can spy desert ; Secker is decent , Rundel has a heart . ' Pope , Epil . to Sat. ii . 70. Horace Walpole ...
... speak ten words more the whole day . Dr. Johnson was present , and appeared to enjoy it much . BOSWELL . 2 ' E'en in a bishop I can spy desert ; Secker is decent , Rundel has a heart . ' Pope , Epil . to Sat. ii . 70. Horace Walpole ...
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... speaking of the ideas of which his head was full , he said : — ' When his mouth opened all were in a pother , Rushed to the door and tumbled o'er each other , But rallying soon with all their force again , In bright array they issued ...
... speaking of the ideas of which his head was full , he said : — ' When his mouth opened all were in a pother , Rushed to the door and tumbled o'er each other , But rallying soon with all their force again , In bright array they issued ...
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... speak with rigorous exactness , no human mind is in its right state . ' Rasselas , ch . xliv . ' See ante , i . 459 , for Kit Smart's madness in praying . ✦ Yet he gave lessons in Latin to Miss Burney and Miss Thrale . Mme . D'Arblay's ...
... speak with rigorous exactness , no human mind is in its right state . ' Rasselas , ch . xliv . ' See ante , i . 459 , for Kit Smart's madness in praying . ✦ Yet he gave lessons in Latin to Miss Burney and Miss Thrale . Mme . D'Arblay's ...
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... : - ' Of his plays I can- not speak distinctly ; for since I inspected them many years have passed . ' In a note on his Life of Rowe , Nichols says : - ' This Life is letters Aetat . 72. ] Johnson's letters to Mr. Nichols .
... : - ' Of his plays I can- not speak distinctly ; for since I inspected them many years have passed . ' In a note on his Life of Rowe , Nichols says : - ' This Life is letters Aetat . 72. ] Johnson's letters to Mr. Nichols .
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... speaking of prose . MALONE . ' Purpureus , late qui splendeat unus et alter Assuitur pannus . ' .... Shreds of purple with broad lustre shine Sewed on your poem . ' FRANCIS . Horace , Ars Poet . 15 . " The original reading is enclosed ...
... speaking of prose . MALONE . ' Purpureus , late qui splendeat unus et alter Assuitur pannus . ' .... Shreds of purple with broad lustre shine Sewed on your poem . ' FRANCIS . Horace , Ars Poet . 15 . " The original reading is enclosed ...
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