The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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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 atten- tion , the whole tenor 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 atten- tion , the whole tenor 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 . 66 To enumerate those to whom I have been thus indebted , would be tediously ostentatious . I can- not ...
... talk Johnson , ” - Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust they will not only talk , but think , Johnson . 66 To enumerate those to whom I have been thus indebted , would be tediously ostentatious . I can- not ...
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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 authours have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . ' 99 Of one thing I am certain ...
... 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 authours have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . ' 99 Of one thing I am certain ...
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... talking of his children . " " 2 2 This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evidence , has nevertheless , upon supposition of its truth , been made the foundation of the following ingenious and fanciful ...
... talking of his children . " " 2 2 This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evidence , has nevertheless , upon supposition of its truth , been made the foundation of the following ingenious and fanciful ...
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... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque de- scription of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , - " He had ( he said ) a confused , but somehow a ...
... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque de- scription of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , - " He had ( he said ) a confused , but somehow a ...
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