The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4Derby & Jackson, 1858 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... hear , that such respect as he thought due only to higher intellectual qualities should be bestowed on men of slighter , though perhaps more amusing , talents . I told him , that one morning , when I went to breakfast with Garrick , who ...
... hear , that such respect as he thought due only to higher intellectual qualities should be bestowed on men of slighter , though perhaps more amusing , talents . I told him , that one morning , when I went to breakfast with Garrick , who ...
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... hear any of our preachers ; whereas , when I am here , I attend your public worship without scruplé , and , indeed , with great satisfaction . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , that is not so extra- ordinary the King of Siam sent ambassadors to ...
... hear any of our preachers ; whereas , when I am here , I attend your public worship without scruplé , and , indeed , with great satisfaction . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , that is not so extra- ordinary the King of Siam sent ambassadors to ...
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... hear , but only because he thinks it does not become to sit in company and say nothing . Mr. Langton having repeated the anecdote of Addison having dis- tinguished between his powers in conversation and in writing , by saying , " I have ...
... hear , but only because he thinks it does not become to sit in company and say nothing . Mr. Langton having repeated the anecdote of Addison having dis- tinguished between his powers in conversation and in writing , by saying , " I have ...
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... hear from his lordship many particulars both of Pope and Lord Bolingbroke , which I have in writing . I proposed to Lord Marchmont , that he should revise Johnson's Life of Pope : " So , " said his lordship , " you would put me in a ...
... hear from his lordship many particulars both of Pope and Lord Bolingbroke , which I have in writing . I proposed to Lord Marchmont , that he should revise Johnson's Life of Pope : " So , " said his lordship , " you would put me in a ...
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... hear about this story of Ford . At first they were unwilling to tell her ; but , after they had talked to her , she came away satisfied that it was true . To be sure , the man had a fever ; and this vision may have been the beginning of ...
... hear about this story of Ford . At first they were unwilling to tell her ; but , after they had talked to her , she came away satisfied that it was true . To be sure , the man had a fever ; and this vision may have been the beginning of ...
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