The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... means he had at- tained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language . He told him , that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion , and in every com- pany : to impart whatever he knew in the most ...
... means he had at- tained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language . He told him , that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion , and in every com- pany : to impart whatever he knew in the most ...
Page 173
... mean " Speaking of the late Duke of Northum- little cantons , or petty republicks . Where berland 4 living very ... means they can do it ? ' a man of much professional learning , or a " It being mentioned , that Garrick assist ...
... mean " Speaking of the late Duke of Northum- little cantons , or petty republicks . Where berland 4 living very ... means they can do it ? ' a man of much professional learning , or a " It being mentioned , that Garrick assist ...
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... mean genteel moral characters . " " I think , " said Hicky , " gentility and morality are insepa- rable . " BOSWELL . " By no means , sir . The genteelest characters are often the most immoral . Does not Lord Chesterfield give precepts ...
... mean genteel moral characters . " " I think , " said Hicky , " gentility and morality are insepa- rable . " BOSWELL . " By no means , sir . The genteelest characters are often the most immoral . Does not Lord Chesterfield give precepts ...
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