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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... kind of writing . " BOSWELL . " Surely , Sir , Mr. Mason's Elfrida ' is a fine poem : at least you will allow there are some good passages in it . " JOHNSON . " There are now and then some good imitations of Milton's bad manner . " I ...
... kind of writing . " BOSWELL . " Surely , Sir , Mr. Mason's Elfrida ' is a fine poem : at least you will allow there are some good passages in it . " JOHNSON . " There are now and then some good imitations of Milton's bad manner . " I ...
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... kind . " I declared myself not satisfied . " Why then , Sir , ( said he , ) Horace and you must settle it . " He was not much in the humour of talking . No more of his conversation for some days appears in my journal , except that when ...
... kind . " I declared myself not satisfied . " Why then , Sir , ( said he , ) Horace and you must settle it . " He was not much in the humour of talking . No more of his conversation for some days appears in my journal , except that when ...
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... kind of being . " . Letters of first Earl of Malmsbury , i . 703 . 2 Boswell thus deserves the credit of this saying , which was repeated by Lord Plunket . The latter , however , was un- fairly accused of having stated that " all ...
... kind of being . " . Letters of first Earl of Malmsbury , i . 703 . 2 Boswell thus deserves the credit of this saying , which was repeated by Lord Plunket . The latter , however , was un- fairly accused of having stated that " all ...
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... kind . " Politicks ( said he ) are now nothing more than means of rising in the world . With this sole view do men engage in politicks , and their whole conduct pro- ceeds upon it . How different in that respect is the state of the ...
... kind . " Politicks ( said he ) are now nothing more than means of rising in the world . With this sole view do men engage in politicks , and their whole conduct pro- ceeds upon it . How different in that respect is the state of the ...
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... kind were taken in there for me . I felt more dignity when I had several servants at my devotion , a large apart- ment , and the convenience and state of a coach . I recollected that this dignity in London was honourably acquired by my ...
... kind were taken in there for me . I felt more dignity when I had several servants at my devotion , a large apart- ment , and the convenience and state of a coach . I recollected that this dignity in London was honourably acquired by my ...
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