The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... conversation seem too desultory , Johnson observed , " Oglethorpe , Sir , never completes what he has to say . " He on the same account made a similar remark on Patrick Lord Elibank : " Sir , there is nothing conclusive in his talk ...
... conversation seem too desultory , Johnson observed , " Oglethorpe , Sir , never completes what he has to say . " He on the same account made a similar remark on Patrick Lord Elibank : " Sir , there is nothing conclusive in his talk ...
Page 240
... 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 . " Why , yes , Sir ; it is to be admired . I value ...
... 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 . " Why , yes , Sir ; it is to be admired . I value ...
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... conversation . I read him a letter from Dr. Hugh Blair concerning Pope , ( in writing whose life he was now employed , ) which I shall insert as a literary curiosity.1 " DEAR SIR , " To JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " IN the year 1763 , being ...
... conversation . I read him a letter from Dr. Hugh Blair concerning Pope , ( in writing whose life he was now employed , ) which I shall insert as a literary curiosity.1 " DEAR SIR , " To JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " IN the year 1763 , being ...
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