The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... Goldsmith's manifesto has got into your paper ; " I asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him see I suspected it was his , though sub- scribed by Goldsmith . JOHNSON : " Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have ...
... Goldsmith's manifesto has got into your paper ; " I asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him see I suspected it was his , though sub- scribed by Goldsmith . JOHNSON : " Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have ...
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... Goldsmith had said to me a few days before , " As I take my shoes from the shoemaker , and my coat from the tailor , so I take my religion from the priest . " I regretted this loose way of talking . JOHNSON : Sir , he knows nothing ; he ...
... Goldsmith had said to me a few days before , " As I take my shoes from the shoemaker , and my coat from the tailor , so I take my religion from the priest . " I regretted this loose way of talking . JOHNSON : Sir , he knows nothing ; he ...
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... Goldsmith was . Goldsmith , he said , had great merit . BOSWELL : " But , Sir , he is much indebted to you for his getting so high in the public estimation . " JOHNSON : Why , Sir , he has perhaps got sooner to it by his intimacy with ...
... Goldsmith was . Goldsmith , he said , had great merit . BOSWELL : " But , Sir , he is much indebted to you for his getting so high in the public estimation . " JOHNSON : Why , Sir , he has perhaps got sooner to it by his intimacy with ...
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... Goldsmith and I dined at General Oglethorpe's . Goldsmith expatiated on the common topic , that the race of our people was de- generated , and that this was owing to luxury . JOHNSON : " Sir , in the first place , I doubt the fact . I ...
... Goldsmith and I dined at General Oglethorpe's . Goldsmith expatiated on the common topic , that the race of our people was de- generated , and that this was owing to luxury . JOHNSON : " Sir , in the first place , I doubt the fact . I ...
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... GOLDSMITH : " Well , Sir , I'll accept your challenge . The very next shop to Northumberland House is a pickle - shop . " JOHNSON : " Well , Sir : do we not know that a maid can in one afternoon make pickles sufficient to serve a whole ...
... GOLDSMITH : " Well , Sir , I'll accept your challenge . The very next shop to Northumberland House is a pickle - shop . " JOHNSON : " Well , Sir : do we not know that a maid can in one afternoon make pickles sufficient to serve a whole ...
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