The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... Madam , I owe him no obligation ; what he did for me he would have done for a dog . " : Johnson assured me , that the story was absolutely false but like a man conscious of being in the right , and desirous of completely vindicating ...
... Madam , I owe him no obligation ; what he did for me he would have done for a dog . " : Johnson assured me , that the story was absolutely false but like a man conscious of being in the right , and desirous of completely vindicating ...
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... madam ( said 1 ) , give me leave to catch you in the fact : it was not an old woman , but an old man , whom I mentioned as having told me this . " I presumed to take an op- portunity , in presence of Johnson , of shewing this live- ly ...
... madam ( said 1 ) , give me leave to catch you in the fact : it was not an old woman , but an old man , whom I mentioned as having told me this . " I presumed to take an op- portunity , in presence of Johnson , of shewing this live- ly ...
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... madam ; a man loves to review his own mind . That is the use of a diary , or journal . " LORD TRIMLESTOWN . " True , sir . As the la- dies love to see themselves in a glass ; so a man likes to see himself in his journal . " BOSWELL . A ...
... madam ; a man loves to review his own mind . That is the use of a diary , or journal . " LORD TRIMLESTOWN . " True , sir . As the la- dies love to see themselves in a glass ; so a man likes to see himself in his journal . " BOSWELL . A ...
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... madam , and you ought to be perpetually watch- ing . It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying , that there is so much falsehood in the world . " In his review of Dr. Warton's " Essay on the Wri- tings and ...
... madam , and you ought to be perpetually watch- ing . It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying , that there is so much falsehood in the world . " In his review of Dr. Warton's " Essay on the Wri- tings and ...
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... Madam , you are contented to hear every day said to you , what the highest of man- kind have died for , rather than bear .'- You know , sir , the highest of mankind have died rather than bear to be told they had uttered a falsehood . Do ...
... Madam , you are contented to hear every day said to you , what the highest of man- kind have died for , rather than bear .'- You know , sir , the highest of mankind have died rather than bear to be told they had uttered a falsehood . Do ...
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