The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... Praise - " Learning to Talk " -Veracity - Death of Mr. Thrale - Queen's Arms Club - Construc tive Treason - Castes of Men - Passion Week - Addison - Blackstone - Steele - Educating by Lectures - The Resurrection - Apparitions , 187 ...
... Praise - " Learning to Talk " -Veracity - Death of Mr. Thrale - Queen's Arms Club - Construc tive Treason - Castes of Men - Passion Week - Addison - Blackstone - Steele - Educating by Lectures - The Resurrection - Apparitions , 187 ...
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... praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . ' Having fallen into a very serious frame of mind , in which mutual expressions of kindness passed between us , such as would be thought 1 Sir Joshua Reynolds wrote two ...
... praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . ' Having fallen into a very serious frame of mind , in which mutual expressions of kindness passed between us , such as would be thought 1 Sir Joshua Reynolds wrote two ...
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... praise ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad humour from having been shown them . You must consider , Madam , beforehand , they may be bad as well as good . Nobody has a right to put another ...
... praise ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad humour from having been shown them . You must consider , Madam , beforehand , they may be bad as well as good . Nobody has a right to put another ...
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... praise . It is in order to show how much he can spare . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise and all the reproach of falsehood . " BOSWELL . " Sometimes it may proceed from a man's strong consciousness of his faults being ob ...
... praise . It is in order to show how much he can spare . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise and all the reproach of falsehood . " BOSWELL . " Sometimes it may proceed from a man's strong consciousness of his faults being ob ...
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... praise her , I would say , that her manners are the most agreeable , and her conversation the best , of any lady with whom I ever had the happiness to be acquainted . Before Johnson came , we talked a good deal of him . Ramsay said , he ...
... praise her , I would say , that her manners are the most agreeable , and her conversation the best , of any lady with whom I ever had the happiness to be acquainted . Before Johnson came , we talked a good deal of him . Ramsay said , he ...
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