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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... asked if he was not a man of sense . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , he is not a distinct relater ; and I should say , he is neither abounding nor deficient in sense . I did not perceive any superiority of under- standing . " BoSWELL . " But ...
... asked if he was not a man of sense . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , he is not a distinct relater ; and I should say , he is neither abounding nor deficient in sense . I did not perceive any superiority of under- standing . " BoSWELL . " But ...
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... asked if there were any more of them . Then Boswell ( who understood his temper well ) asked him somewhat , for I was not attending , relative to the provincial assemblies . The Doctor in process of discourse with him , argued with ...
... asked if there were any more of them . Then Boswell ( who understood his temper well ) asked him somewhat , for I was not attending , relative to the provincial assemblies . The Doctor in process of discourse with him , argued with ...
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... asked if he really was of opinion that though , in general , happiness was very rare in human life , a man was not sometimes happy in the moment that was present , he answered , " Never , but when he is drunk . " He urged General ...
... asked if he really was of opinion that though , in general , happiness was very rare in human life , a man was not sometimes happy in the moment that was present , he answered , " Never , but when he is drunk . " He urged General ...
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... asked me to go up to his study with him , where we sat a long while together in a serene undisturbed frame of mind , sometimes in silence , and some- times conversing , as we felt ourselves inclined , or more properly speaking , as he ...
... asked me to go up to his study with him , where we sat a long while together in a serene undisturbed frame of mind , sometimes in silence , and some- times conversing , as we felt ourselves inclined , or more properly speaking , as he ...
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... asked him whether I might go to a consultation with another lawyer upon Sunday , as 2 Cor . et Ad . - Line 16 : On 1746 put the following note : - " My very honourable friend General Sir George Howard , who served in the Duke of ...
... asked him whether I might go to a consultation with another lawyer upon Sunday , as 2 Cor . et Ad . - Line 16 : On 1746 put the following note : - " My very honourable friend General Sir George Howard , who served in the Duke of ...
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