The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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Page 13
... never rebel was to arts a friend . " " " General Paoli observed , that successful rebels might . MARTINELLI : " Happy rebellions . " GOLDSMITH : " We have no such phrase . GENERAL PAOLI : " But have you not the thing ? " GOLDSMITH ...
... never rebel was to arts a friend . " " " General Paoli observed , that successful rebels might . MARTINELLI : " Happy rebellions . " GOLDSMITH : " We have no such phrase . GENERAL PAOLI : " But have you not the thing ? " GOLDSMITH ...
Page 18
... never heard of them . This is owing to their not being sold . People seldom read a book which is given to them ; a few are given . The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price . No man will send to buy a thing that costs even ...
... never heard of them . This is owing to their not being sold . People seldom read a book which is given to them ; a few are given . The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price . No man will send to buy a thing that costs even ...
Page 19
... 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 , I have reason to flatter myself , had consid- erable ...
... 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 , I have reason to flatter myself , had consid- erable ...
Page 20
... never exercised his talents in fable , except we allow his beautiful tale published in Mrs. Williams's " Miscellanies " to be of that species . I have , however , found among his manuscript collections the following sketch of one ...
... never exercised his talents in fable , except we allow his beautiful tale published in Mrs. Williams's " Miscellanies " to be of that species . I have , however , found among his manuscript collections the following sketch of one ...
Page 22
... a part which he does not like : a lawyer never refuses . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , what does this prove ? only that a lawyer is worse . Boswell is now JOHNSON ON GOLDSMITH 23 like Jack in The Tale of 22 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... a part which he does not like : a lawyer never refuses . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , what does this prove ? only that a lawyer is worse . Boswell is now JOHNSON ON GOLDSMITH 23 like Jack in The Tale of 22 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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