The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... other . On Wednesday , April 21 , I dined with him at Mr. Thrale's . A gentleman attacked Garrick for being vain . JOHNSON : " No wonder , Sir , that he is vain ; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be.
... other . On Wednesday , April 21 , I dined with him at Mr. Thrale's . A gentleman attacked Garrick for being vain . JOHNSON : " No wonder , Sir , that he is vain ; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be.
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... Garrick chained the ocean and lashed the winds . " Boswell : " Should it not be , Sir , lashed the ocean and chained the winds ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; recollect the original : ' In Corum atque Eurum solitus sævire flagellis Barbarus ...
... Garrick chained the ocean and lashed the winds . " Boswell : " Should it not be , Sir , lashed the ocean and chained the winds ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; recollect the original : ' In Corum atque Eurum solitus sævire flagellis Barbarus ...
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... Garrick had remarked to 1 I regretted that Dr. Johnson never took the trouble to study a question which interested nations . He would not even read a pamphlet which I wrote upon it , entitled , The Essence of the Douglas Cause ; which ...
... Garrick had remarked to 1 I regretted that Dr. Johnson never took the trouble to study a question which interested nations . He would not even read a pamphlet which I wrote upon it , entitled , The Essence of the Douglas Cause ; which ...
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... Garrick's compliment to the Queen , which he introduced into the play of " The Chances , " which he had altered and revised this year , was mean and gross flattery ; -JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , I would not write , I would not give solemnly ...
... Garrick's compliment to the Queen , which he introduced into the play of " The Chances , " which he had altered and revised this year , was mean and gross flattery ; -JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , I would not write , I would not give solemnly ...
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... Garrick , Dr. Goldsmith , Mr. ( afterwards Sir William ) Jones , and the company with whom I had dined . Upon my entrance , Johnson placed himself behind a chair , on which he leaned as on a desk or pulpit , and with humorous formality ...
... Garrick , Dr. Goldsmith , Mr. ( afterwards Sir William ) Jones , and the company with whom I had dined . Upon my entrance , Johnson placed himself behind a chair , on which he leaned as on a desk or pulpit , and with humorous formality ...
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