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They are in the right , Sir : there can be no real conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their " " presence . " BOSWELL .
They are in the right , Sir : there can be no real conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their " " presence . " BOSWELL .
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When I complained of having dined at a splendid table without hearing one sentence of conversation worthy of being remembered , he said , " Sir , there seldom is any such conversation . " BOSWELL . " Why then meet at table ? " JOHNSON .
When I complained of having dined at a splendid table without hearing one sentence of conversation worthy of being remembered , he said , " Sir , there seldom is any such conversation . " BOSWELL . " Why then meet at table ? " JOHNSON .
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You will not find a man in whose conversation there is more instruction , more information , and more elegance , than in Ramsay's . " BOSWELL . What I admire in Ramsay , is his continuing to be so young . " JOHNSON .
You will not find a man in whose conversation there is more instruction , more information , and more elegance , than in Ramsay's . " BOSWELL . What I admire in Ramsay , is his continuing to be so young . " JOHNSON .
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| Titel | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Bände 1-2 von Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. Ernest Rhys. Biography Ausgaben 1-2 von Everyman's library. Biography. [no. 1-2] Band 1 von The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Autor/in | James Boswell |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | J. M. Dent, 1914 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 2. Okt. 2007 |
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