The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... talk . You may laugh in as many ways as you talk ; and surely every way of talking that is practised cannot be esteemed . " I spoke of Sir James Macdonald as a young man of most dis- tinguished merit , who united the highest reputation ...
... talk . You may laugh in as many ways as you talk ; and surely every way of talking that is practised cannot be esteemed . " I spoke of Sir James Macdonald as a young man of most dis- tinguished merit , who united the highest reputation ...
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... talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen . " And he afterwards observed to Mr ... talk , and I made it my business to talk . I find it does a man good to be talked to by his sovereign . In the first ...
... talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen . " And he afterwards observed to Mr ... talk , and I made it my business to talk . I find it does a man good to be talked to by his sovereign . In the first ...
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... talk such nonsense ? " JOHNSON . " True , Sir , but Rousseau knows he is talking nonsense , and laughs at the world for staring at him . " BOSWELL . " How so , Sir ? " JOHNSON . Why , Sir , a man who talks nonsense so well , must know ...
... talk such nonsense ? " JOHNSON . " True , Sir , but Rousseau knows he is talking nonsense , and laughs at the world for staring at him . " BOSWELL . " How so , Sir ? " JOHNSON . Why , Sir , a man who talks nonsense so well , must know ...
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