The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : - “ Pope drives a handsome chariot , with a couple of neat trim nags ; Dryden a coach , and six stately horses . " JOHNSON . " Why , sir , the ...
... told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : - “ Pope drives a handsome chariot , with a couple of neat trim nags ; Dryden a coach , and six stately horses . " JOHNSON . " Why , sir , the ...
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... told him that a foreign friend of his , whom I had met with abroad , was so wretchedly perverted to infidelity , that he treated the hopes of immortality with brutal levity ; and said , " As man dies like a dog , let him lie like a dog ...
... told him that a foreign friend of his , whom I had met with abroad , was so wretchedly perverted to infidelity , that he treated the hopes of immortality with brutal levity ; and said , " As man dies like a dog , let him lie like a dog ...
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... told you . The little things which distinguish domestick characters are soon forgotten : if you delay to enquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write , information will be vain . Mr. Langton did not disregard this ...
... told you . The little things which distinguish domestick characters are soon forgotten : if you delay to enquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write , information will be vain . Mr. Langton did not disregard this ...
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... told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found myself like a man stalking over a field of battle , who every moment perceives some one lying dead . " I complained of irresolution ...
... told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found myself like a man stalking over a field of battle , who every moment perceives some one lying dead . " I complained of irresolution ...
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... told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " The Fountains , a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of Johnson's productions ; and I cannot withhold from Mrs. Thrale the ...
... told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " The Fountains , a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of Johnson's productions ; and I cannot withhold from Mrs. Thrale the ...
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