The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... question you . You may therefore pay compliments without saying what is not true . I should say to Lord Scarsdale of his large room , My Lord , this is the most costly room that I ever saw ; ' which is true . " 6 Dr. Manningham ...
... question you . You may therefore pay compliments without saying what is not true . I should say to Lord Scarsdale of his large room , My Lord , this is the most costly room that I ever saw ; ' which is true . " 6 Dr. Manningham ...
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... question of much importance to me , which Johnson was pleased to con- sider with friendly attention . I had long complained to him that I felt myself discontented in Scotland , as too narrow a sphere , and that I wished to make my chief ...
... question of much importance to me , which Johnson was pleased to con- sider with friendly attention . I had long complained to him that I felt myself discontented in Scotland , as too narrow a sphere , and that I wished to make my chief ...
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... question : " Will it purchase occupation ? " JOHNSON . " Depend upon it , sir , this 1 Now , at the distance of fifteen years since this conversation passed , the observation which I have had an opportunity of making in Westminster Hall ...
... question : " Will it purchase occupation ? " JOHNSON . " Depend upon it , sir , this 1 Now , at the distance of fifteen years since this conversation passed , the observation which I have had an opportunity of making in Westminster Hall ...
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... question about a bull - dog , than of attacking a bull . I cannot allow any fragment whatever that floats in my memory concerning the great subject of this work to be lost . Though a small particular may appear trifling to some , it ...
... question about a bull - dog , than of attacking a bull . I cannot allow any fragment whatever that floats in my memory concerning the great subject of this work to be lost . Though a small particular may appear trifling to some , it ...
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... question was agitated between Dr. John- son and Mr. Burke ; and , to use Johnson's phrase , they " talked their best ; " Johnson for Homer , Burke for Virgil . It may well be supposed to have been one of the ablest and most brilliant ...
... question was agitated between Dr. John- son and Mr. Burke ; and , to use Johnson's phrase , they " talked their best ; " Johnson for Homer , Burke for Virgil . It may well be supposed to have been one of the ablest and most brilliant ...
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