Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: During the Last Twenty Years of His Life |
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... over a bustling one ; for however tafte begins , we almost always fee that it ends in fimplicity ; the glutton finishes by lofing his relish for any thing highly fauced 8 . ANECDOTES OF THE LATE fon, he faid, and rather below than ...
... over a bustling one ; for however tafte begins , we almost always fee that it ends in fimplicity ; the glutton finishes by lofing his relish for any thing highly fauced 8 . ANECDOTES OF THE LATE fon, he faid, and rather below than ...
Page 9
... thing highly fauced , and calls for his boiled chicken at the clofe of many years spent in the search of dainties ; the connoif- feurs are foon weary of Rubens , and the critics of Lucan ; and the refinements of every kind heaped upon ...
... thing highly fauced , and calls for his boiled chicken at the clofe of many years spent in the search of dainties ; the connoif- feurs are foon weary of Rubens , and the critics of Lucan ; and the refinements of every kind heaped upon ...
Page 13
... things went badly . " The lady's maiden name was Ford ; and the parfon who fits next to the punch - bowl in Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conver- fation was her brother's fon . This Ford 3 was a man who chose to be eminent only for DR ...
... things went badly . " The lady's maiden name was Ford ; and the parfon who fits next to the punch - bowl in Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conver- fation was her brother's fon . This Ford 3 was a man who chose to be eminent only for DR ...
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... things beyond the capacity of other babies , a keen fenfibility of right and wrong , and a warmth of imagination little consistent with found and perfect health . ‹ -I have heard him relate another odd thing of himself too , but it is ...
... things beyond the capacity of other babies , a keen fenfibility of right and wrong , and a warmth of imagination little consistent with found and perfect health . ‹ -I have heard him relate another odd thing of himself too , but it is ...
Page 21
... a boy . " If you had had children Sir , faid I , would you have taught them any thing ? " I hope ( re- " I * plied he ) , that I should have willingly lived C 3 DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON , 21 averfion for the memory of Hunter, one ...
... a boy . " If you had had children Sir , faid I , would you have taught them any thing ? " I hope ( re- " I * plied he ) , that I should have willingly lived C 3 DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON , 21 averfion for the memory of Hunter, one ...
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