Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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Page 181
... Speaking of the French novels , compared with Richardson's , he said , they might be pretty baubles , but a wren was not an ... speak ill of any man behind his back , but he believed the gentleman was an attorney . ' " He spoke with much ...
... Speaking of the French novels , compared with Richardson's , he said , they might be pretty baubles , but a wren was not an ... speak ill of any man behind his back , but he believed the gentleman was an attorney . ' " He spoke with much ...
Page 185
... speak in the Society of Arts and Sciences , but " had found he could not get on . " From Mr. William Gerrard Hamilton I have heard that Johnson , when observing to him that it was pru- dent for a man who had not been accustomed to speak ...
... speak in the Society of Arts and Sciences , but " had found he could not get on . " From Mr. William Gerrard Hamilton I have heard that Johnson , when observing to him that it was pru- dent for a man who had not been accustomed to speak ...
Page 272
... speak French , but talked Latin , though his Excellency did not understand it , owing , perhaps , to Johnson's Eng- lish pronunciation : yet upon another occasion he was observed to speak French to a French- man of high rank , who spoke ...
... speak French , but talked Latin , though his Excellency did not understand it , owing , perhaps , to Johnson's Eng- lish pronunciation : yet upon another occasion he was observed to speak French to a French- man of high rank , who spoke ...
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