The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... occasion- ed by " a most audacious falsehood that the latter told Johnson , that he had beaten Omiah at chess , at Sir Joshua's ; for the reverse was the fact . " This produced contradiction , dispute , and a vio- lent quarrel , which ...
... occasion- ed by " a most audacious falsehood that the latter told Johnson , that he had beaten Omiah at chess , at Sir Joshua's ; for the reverse was the fact . " This produced contradiction , dispute , and a vio- lent quarrel , which ...
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... occasion he was observed to speak French to a Frenchman of high rank , who spoke Eng- lish ; and being asked the reason , with some expression of surprise , he answered , " because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though ...
... occasion he was observed to speak French to a Frenchman of high rank , who spoke Eng- lish ; and being asked the reason , with some expression of surprise , he answered , " because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though ...
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... occasion of an exertion of his abili- ties , which it would be injustice to conceal . That what he wrote upon the subject may be understood , it is necessary to give a state of the question , which I shall do as briefly as I can . In ...
... occasion of an exertion of his abili- ties , which it would be injustice to conceal . That what he wrote upon the subject may be understood , it is necessary to give a state of the question , which I shall do as briefly as I can . In ...
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... occasion . But , on inquiry uite the matter , he found that the scheme was not likely to be soon carried into execution ; the profits arising from the Clarendon press being , from some mismanagement , very scanty . This having been ...
... occasion . But , on inquiry uite the matter , he found that the scheme was not likely to be soon carried into execution ; the profits arising from the Clarendon press being , from some mismanagement , very scanty . This having been ...
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... occasion p . 89. he said , " A story is a specimen of human manners , and derives its sole value from its truth ... occasions , strict even to severity ; he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circumstances , which ( he used to ...
... occasion p . 89. he said , " A story is a specimen of human manners , and derives its sole value from its truth ... occasions , strict even to severity ; he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circumstances , which ( he used to ...
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