The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 9Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... observe that I am well bred to a degree of needless scrupulosity . No man , " continued he , not observing the amazement of his hearers , no man is so cautious not to interrupt another ; no man thinks it so necessary to appear attentive ...
... observe that I am well bred to a degree of needless scrupulosity . No man , " continued he , not observing the amazement of his hearers , no man is so cautious not to interrupt another ; no man thinks it so necessary to appear attentive ...
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... observe , and my tongue ready to talk . A man is seldom in a humour to unlock his bookcase , set his desk in order , and betake himself to serious study ; but a retentive memory will do something , and a fellow shall have strange credit ...
... observe , and my tongue ready to talk . A man is seldom in a humour to unlock his bookcase , set his desk in order , and betake himself to serious study ; but a retentive memory will do something , and a fellow shall have strange credit ...
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... , as a chipped hedge is to a forest . " When we talked of Steele's Essays , " They are too thin , " says our critic , " for an Englishman's taste : c z - mere superficial observations on life and manners , with PIOZZI . 19.
... , as a chipped hedge is to a forest . " When we talked of Steele's Essays , " They are too thin , " says our critic , " for an Englishman's taste : c z - mere superficial observations on life and manners , with PIOZZI . 19.
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... observations on life and manners , with out erudition enough to make them keep , like the light French wines , which turn sour with standing a while for want of body , as we call it . " 23. Style of Swift . A friend was praising the ...
... observations on life and manners , with out erudition enough to make them keep , like the light French wines , which turn sour with standing a while for want of body , as we call it . " 23. Style of Swift . A friend was praising the ...
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... observed , " that they were founded on a trivial conceit ; and that conceit ill - explained , and ill - expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' tis a mere play of words ...
... observed , " that they were founded on a trivial conceit ; and that conceit ill - explained , and ill - expressed beside . The lady , we all know , does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does : ' tis a mere play of words ...
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Common terms and phrases
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