The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... Conversation . Exaggeration . - Neglect - of Merit . Use of Riches . · Crabbe's " Village . " — Keep- ing Accounts . Lois Mansfield , Loughborough , and - Thurlow . Harrington's Nugæ Antique .. " Quos Deus Prince viii CONTENTS .
... Conversation . Exaggeration . - Neglect - of Merit . Use of Riches . · Crabbe's " Village . " — Keep- ing Accounts . Lois Mansfield , Loughborough , and - Thurlow . Harrington's Nugæ Antique .. " Quos Deus Prince viii CONTENTS .
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... Conversation . Candour . - - French Litera- Mrs. Siddons . - - Kitty Clive . Mrs. Pritchard . ---- Philip Kemble . George Anne Bellamy .. - -- - John Lord Car- lisle's Tragedy . - Unconstitutional Influence of the Scotch - Peers . Old ...
... Conversation . Candour . - - French Litera- Mrs. Siddons . - - Kitty Clive . Mrs. Pritchard . ---- Philip Kemble . George Anne Bellamy .. - -- - John Lord Car- lisle's Tragedy . - Unconstitutional Influence of the Scotch - Peers . Old ...
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... Conversation . Foote . The Empress of Russia . Mrs. Thrale . - clesiastical Discipline . - Fear of Death . Capel Lofft.- Thomas à Kempis . - Charles Fox - Dr. Douglas . - Editions of Horace . Page 252 CHAPTER IX . Departed 1784 ...
... Conversation . Foote . The Empress of Russia . Mrs. Thrale . - clesiastical Discipline . - Fear of Death . Capel Lofft.- Thomas à Kempis . - Charles Fox - Dr. Douglas . - Editions of Horace . Page 252 CHAPTER IX . Departed 1784 ...
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... conversation and in his writings . The same energy which was displayed in his literary pro- ductions was exhibited also in his conversation , which was various , strik- ing , and instructive ; and perhaps no man ever equalled him for ...
... conversation and in his writings . The same energy which was displayed in his literary pro- ductions was exhibited also in his conversation , which was various , strik- ing , and instructive ; and perhaps no man ever equalled him for ...
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... conversation , Johnson observes , that " tra- ditional memory retains no sallies of raillery , or sen- tences of observation ; nothing either pointed or solid , wise or merry ; and that one apophthegm only is recorded . " In this ...
... conversation , Johnson observes , that " tra- ditional memory retains no sallies of raillery , or sen- tences of observation ; nothing either pointed or solid , wise or merry ; and that one apophthegm only is recorded . " In this ...
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