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... which is requisite in stating complicated matters in publick speaking ; and as a proof of this he mentioned the ... he had several times tried to speak in the Society of Arts and Manufactures , but " had found he could not get on .
... which is requisite in stating complicated matters in publick speaking ; and as a proof of this he mentioned the ... he had several times tried to speak in the Society of Arts and Manufactures , but " had found he could not get on .
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We talked of publick speaking . JOHNSON . " We must not estimate a man's powers by his being able or not able to deliver his sentiments in publick . Isaac Hawkins Browne , one of the first wits of this country , got into Parliament ...
We talked of publick speaking . JOHNSON . " We must not estimate a man's powers by his being able or not able to deliver his sentiments in publick . Isaac Hawkins Browne , one of the first wits of this country , got into Parliament ...
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Though Johnson understood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I have observed at his first interview with General Paoli , in 1769 ; yet he wrote it , I imagine , pretty well , as appears from some of his letters in ...
Though Johnson understood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I have observed at his first interview with General Paoli , in 1769 ; yet he wrote it , I imagine , pretty well , as appears from some of his letters in ...
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