The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off . His genius is great , but his knowledge is small . " This - as Swift would say " is near the mark . " The Crown and Anchor , which ceased to be a tavern in 1847 ...
... conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off . His genius is great , but his knowledge is small . " This - as Swift would say " is near the mark . " The Crown and Anchor , which ceased to be a tavern in 1847 ...
Page xxiii
... conversation , figured frequently as a guest . Many of Johnson's best things were uttered over the Mitre port ; though , before long , he had again returned to the lemonade which had triumphantly carried him through his all - night ...
... conversation , figured frequently as a guest . Many of Johnson's best things were uttered over the Mitre port ; though , before long , he had again returned to the lemonade which had triumphantly carried him through his all - night ...
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... conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ...
... conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ...
Page xxx
... conversation in an authentick and lively manner , which opinion the Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some ...
... conversation in an authentick and lively manner , which opinion the Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some ...
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... conversations were preserved , I myself , at some distance of time , contemplate with wonder ; and I must be allowed to suggest , that the nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all ...
... conversations were preserved , I myself , at some distance of time , contemplate with wonder ; and I must be allowed to suggest , that the nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all ...
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