Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what Men Thought and Spoke Concerning HimEdward Tuckerman Mason Harper & brothers, 1879 - 319 страници |
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... called upon his reason to disen- tangle him . This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door or passage , by a certain number of steps from a certain point , or at least so as that either his right or his left foot ( I am not ...
... called upon his reason to disen- tangle him . This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door or passage , by a certain number of steps from a certain point , or at least so as that either his right or his left foot ( I am not ...
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... called chewing the cud , sometimes giving a half whistle , sometimes making his tongue play backward from the roof of his mouth , as if chuckling like a hen , and sometimes protruding it against his upper gums in front , as if ...
... called chewing the cud , sometimes giving a half whistle , sometimes making his tongue play backward from the roof of his mouth , as if chuckling like a hen , and sometimes protruding it against his upper gums in front , as if ...
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... called " St. Vitus's dance . " - Boswell . The house on the right at the bottom of Beaufort Build- ings was occupied by Mr. Chamberlaine , Mrs. Sheridan's eldest brother , by whom Johnson was often invited in the snug way with the ...
... called " St. Vitus's dance . " - Boswell . The house on the right at the bottom of Beaufort Build- ings was occupied by Mr. Chamberlaine , Mrs. Sheridan's eldest brother , by whom Johnson was often invited in the snug way with the ...
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... the Loch of Dunvegan , called Isa . Macleod said he would give it to Dr. Johnson on condition of his residing on it three months in the year ; nay , one month . Dr. Johnson was highly amused APPEARANCE , MANNERS , AND PECULIARITIES . 17.
... the Loch of Dunvegan , called Isa . Macleod said he would give it to Dr. Johnson on condition of his residing on it three months in the year ; nay , one month . Dr. Johnson was highly amused APPEARANCE , MANNERS , AND PECULIARITIES . 17.
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... called them " three dowdies , " and said , with as high a spirit as the boldest baron in the most perfect days of the feudal system , " An ancient estate should always go to males . It is mighty foolish to let a stranger have it because ...
... called them " three dowdies , " and said , with as high a spirit as the boldest baron in the most perfect days of the feudal system , " An ancient estate should always go to males . It is mighty foolish to let a stranger have it because ...
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