The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... Sir , that is an affecting consider- ation . I remember Swift , in one of his letters to Pope , says , I intend to ... Joshua Reynolds wrote two Dialogues , in illustration of this position , in the first of which Johnson attacks Garrick in ...
... Sir , that is an affecting consider- ation . I remember Swift , in one of his letters to Pope , says , I intend to ... Joshua Reynolds wrote two Dialogues , in illustration of this position , in the first of which Johnson attacks Garrick in ...
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... Sir Joshua : he argues for wine without the help of wine ; but Sir Joshua with it . " SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . " But to please one's company is a strong motive . " JOHNSON ( who , from drinking only water , supposed every body who drank ...
... Sir Joshua : he argues for wine without the help of wine ; but Sir Joshua with it . " SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . " But to please one's company is a strong motive . " JOHNSON ( who , from drinking only water , supposed every body who drank ...
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... Sir Joshua's table , chose to pronounce a high - flown pane- gyric on the wits of Queen Anne's reign , and exclaimed ... Reynolds himself . " I , however , suspect , that this is but another version of the repartee of the same kind , in ...
... Sir Joshua's table , chose to pronounce a high - flown pane- gyric on the wits of Queen Anne's reign , and exclaimed ... Reynolds himself . " I , however , suspect , that this is but another version of the repartee of the same kind , in ...
Contents
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CHAPTER II | 49 |
Literature Old Age Unius Lacertæ Potters | 82 |
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