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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... told him there were very few of his friends so accurate as that I could venture to put down in writing what they told me as his sayings . JOHNSON . " Why should you write down my sayings ? " BOSWELL . " I write them when they are good ...
... told him there were very few of his friends so accurate as that I could venture to put down in writing what they told me as his sayings . JOHNSON . " Why should you write down my sayings ? " BOSWELL . " I write them when they are good ...
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... told that he had come to England chiefly with a view to see Dr. Johnson , for whom he entertained the highest veneration . He has since published " A philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland , " a very entertaining book , which has ...
... told that he had come to England chiefly with a view to see Dr. Johnson , for whom he entertained the highest veneration . He has since published " A philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland , " a very entertaining book , which has ...
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... told of him is , that he wished to restore the crown to its hereditary successor . " He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second . When he ceased , Moody interjected in an Irish tone , and with a comick look , " Ah ...
... told of him is , that he wished to restore the crown to its hereditary successor . " He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second . When he ceased , Moody interjected in an Irish tone , and with a comick look , " Ah ...
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... told us that he had said , a certain celebrated actor was just fit to stand at the door of an auction - room , with a long pole , and cry , " Pray , gentlemen , walk in ; " and that a certain authour , upon hearing this , had said ...
... told us that he had said , a certain celebrated actor was just fit to stand at the door of an auction - room , with a long pole , and cry , " Pray , gentlemen , walk in ; " and that a certain authour , upon hearing this , had said ...
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... told him that our friend Goldsmith had said to me , that he had come too late into the world , for that Pope and other poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period can possess poetical ...
... told him that our friend Goldsmith had said to me , that he had come too late into the world , for that Pope and other poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period can possess poetical ...
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