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 : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 - Authors, English |
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... say , · Here is a volume which was publickly advertised and came out in Dr. Johnson's own time , and , by his silence , was admitted by him to be genuine . " Johnson . “ I shall give myself no trouble about the matter . ” He was ...
... say , · Here is a volume which was publickly advertised and came out in Dr. Johnson's own time , and , by his silence , was admitted by him to be genuine . " Johnson . “ I shall give myself no trouble about the matter . ” He was ...
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... say to you , as an apology for being in such a situation ? ” Johnson answered , “ Sir , he said all that a man should say : he faid he was sorry for it . ” I heard him once give a very judicious practical advice upon this subject : “ A ...
... say to you , as an apology for being in such a situation ? ” Johnson answered , “ Sir , he said all that a man should say : he faid he was sorry for it . ” I heard him once give a very judicious practical advice upon this subject : “ A ...
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... say nothing against a character but what he can prove , history could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able ...
... say nothing against a character but what he can prove , history could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able ...
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... say he chiefly rested , is not poetry . ” Boswell . “ Does not Gray's poetry , Sir , tower above the common mark ? ” Johnson . “ Yes , Sir ; but we must attend to the difference between what men in general cannot do if they would , and ...
... say he chiefly rested , is not poetry . ” Boswell . “ Does not Gray's poetry , Sir , tower above the common mark ? ” Johnson . “ Yes , Sir ; but we must attend to the difference between what men in general cannot do if they would , and ...
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... say , “ I'll be genteel . ' There are ten genteel women for one genteel man , because they are more restrained . A man without some degree of restraint is insufferable ; but we are all less restrained than women . Were a woman sitting ...
... say , “ I'll be genteel . ' There are ten genteel women for one genteel man , because they are more restrained . A man without some degree of restraint is insufferable ; but we are all less restrained than women . Were a woman sitting ...
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