The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... acquaintance , who wrote for the Vase . JOHNSON . " He was a blockhead for his pains . " BOSWELL . " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote . " " JOHNSON . " Sir , the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any ...
... acquaintance , who wrote for the Vase . JOHNSON . " He was a blockhead for his pains . " BOSWELL . " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote . " " JOHNSON . " Sir , the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any ...
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... acquaintance Mr. Moody the player . Dr. Johnson , as usual , spoke contemptuously of Colley Cibber . • It is wonderful that a man , who for forty years had lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of ...
... acquaintance Mr. Moody the player . Dr. Johnson , as usual , spoke contemptuously of Colley Cibber . • It is wonderful that a man , who for forty years had lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of ...
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... acquaintance with him was unexpected and unsolicited . Soon after the publication of my " Account of Corsica , " he ... acquainted with you . " I was not a little flattered to be thus addressed by an eminent man , of whom I had read in ...
... acquaintance with him was unexpected and unsolicited . Soon after the publication of my " Account of Corsica , " he ... acquainted with you . " I was not a little flattered to be thus addressed by an eminent man , of whom I had read in ...
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... acquaintance . JOHNSON . " Sir , if it were not for the notion of immortality , he would cut a throat to fill his pockets . " When I quoted this to Beauclerk , who knew much more of the gentleman than we did , he said , in his acid ...
... acquaintance . JOHNSON . " Sir , if it were not for the notion of immortality , he would cut a throat to fill his pockets . " When I quoted this to Beauclerk , who knew much more of the gentleman than we did , he said , in his acid ...
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... acquaintance of ours , distinguished for knowing an uncommon variety of miscellaneous articles both in antiquities and polite literature , he observed , " You know , Sir , he runs about with little weight upon his mind . " And talking ...
... acquaintance of ours , distinguished for knowing an uncommon variety of miscellaneous articles both in antiquities and polite literature , he observed , " You know , Sir , he runs about with little weight upon his mind . " And talking ...
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