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... talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally ...
... talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally ...
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... talk Johnson . " - Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust they will not only talk , but think Johnson . To enumerate those to whom I have been thus in- debted , would be tediously ostentatious . I cannot , how- ever ...
... talk Johnson . " - Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust they will not only talk , but think Johnson . To enumerate those to whom I have been thus in- debted , would be tediously ostentatious . I cannot , how- ever ...
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... talk , ' so he expresses it , ' of a good man ought to be regarded ; ' the most superfluous things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am ...
... talk , ' so he expresses it , ' of a good man ought to be regarded ; ' the most superfluous things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am ...
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... talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of any thing else . Had my mother been more literate , they had been better companions . She might have sometimes introduced her unwelcome topick ...
... talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of any thing else . Had my mother been more literate , they had been better companions . She might have sometimes introduced her unwelcome topick ...
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... talking of his children " . " m Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson , by Hester Lynch Piozzi , p . 11. Life of Dr. Johnson by sir John Hawkins , p . 6 . " This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evi- dence , has ...
... talking of his children " . " m Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson , by Hester Lynch Piozzi , p . 11. Life of Dr. Johnson by sir John Hawkins , p . 6 . " This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evi- dence , has ...
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