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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... wish that there should be ' . There might , indeed , be something in the contemptuous severity as to the merit of acting , which his old preceptor nourished in himself , that would mortify Garrick after the great applause which he ...
... wish that there should be ' . There might , indeed , be something in the contemptuous severity as to the merit of acting , which his old preceptor nourished in himself , that would mortify Garrick after the great applause which he ...
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... wish away . . . . The mind of the writer seems to work with unnat- ural violence . Double , double , toil and trouble . " strutting dignity , and is tall by walking on tiptoe . struggle are too visible , and there is too little ...
... wish away . . . . The mind of the writer seems to work with unnat- ural violence . Double , double , toil and trouble . " strutting dignity , and is tall by walking on tiptoe . struggle are too visible , and there is too little ...
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... . ' ' Colman , in a note on his translation of Terence , talking of Shakspeare's learning , asks , " What says Farmer to this ? 1 Perhaps Lord Corke and Orrery . See ante , iii . 208. CROKER . What 22 THE OLD MAN'S WISH . [ A.D. 1780 .
... . ' ' Colman , in a note on his translation of Terence , talking of Shakspeare's learning , asks , " What says Farmer to this ? 1 Perhaps Lord Corke and Orrery . See ante , iii . 208. CROKER . What 22 THE OLD MAN'S WISH . [ A.D. 1780 .
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... WISH . [ A.D. 1780 . What says Johnson ' ? " Upon this he observed , " Sir , let Farmer answer for himself : I never engaged in this con- troversy . I always said , Shakspeare had Latin enough to grammaticise his English " . " ' A ...
... WISH . [ A.D. 1780 . What says Johnson ' ? " Upon this he observed , " Sir , let Farmer answer for himself : I never engaged in this con- troversy . I always said , Shakspeare had Latin enough to grammaticise his English " . " ' A ...
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... wish or inclination to see him again ' . ' 1 2 This year the Reverend Dr. Franklin having published Very likely Dr ... wishes to help his ignorance . " " Sir , " said the Doctor , " his ignorance is so great , I am afraid to show him the ...
... wish or inclination to see him again ' . ' 1 2 This year the Reverend Dr. Franklin having published Very likely Dr ... wishes to help his ignorance . " " Sir , " said the Doctor , " his ignorance is so great , I am afraid to show him the ...
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