Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: During the Last Twenty Years of His Life |
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... fays however to the Weaver , in A Midfummer Night's Dream , " Never excufe ; Never excufe ; if your play be a bad one , keep at least the ex- cuses to yourself . " · • I am aware that many will fay , I have not spoken highly enough of Dr ...
... fays however to the Weaver , in A Midfummer Night's Dream , " Never excufe ; Never excufe ; if your play be a bad one , keep at least the ex- cuses to yourself . " · • I am aware that many will fay , I have not spoken highly enough of Dr ...
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... ( fays Mr. Johnfon good- humouredly ) , I can fit you : I had an uncle ... fays my uncle , I could leap it in my boots ; and he did leap it in his boots . I had likewife ... DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 5 replied I, he is open and confiding, and ...
... ( fays Mr. Johnfon good- humouredly ) , I can fit you : I had an uncle ... fays my uncle , I could leap it in my boots ; and he did leap it in his boots . I had likewife ... DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 5 replied I, he is open and confiding, and ...
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... days , who poffeffing , perhaps , one or two hundred pounds a year in land , lived on the profits , and fought not to increase their ... ( fays he ) could al- ways take his horse and ride away for orders when things ... DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 13.
... days , who poffeffing , perhaps , one or two hundred pounds a year in land , lived on the profits , and fought not to increase their ... ( fays he ) could al- ways take his horse and ride away for orders when things ... DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 13.
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... ( fays Mr. Johnson ) looks like the son of a schoolmaster ; which ( added he ) is one of the very worst conditions of ... Dr. Johnson faid about babyhood before I quit the fubject ; it was this : " That little people fhould be encouraged ...
... ( fays Mr. Johnson ) looks like the son of a schoolmaster ; which ( added he ) is one of the very worst conditions of ... Dr. Johnson faid about babyhood before I quit the fubject ; it was this : " That little people fhould be encouraged ...
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... Dr. Johnson quitted fchool , and efcaped from the tuition of those he hated or thofe he de- spised . I have heard him relate very few college adventures . He used to fay that our beft accounts of his behaviour there would be gathered from ...
... Dr. Johnson quitted fchool , and efcaped from the tuition of those he hated or thofe he de- spised . I have heard him relate very few college adventures . He used to fay that our beft accounts of his behaviour there would be gathered from ...
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