The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 - Authors, English |
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... conversation being a " renovation of hope ; " his proposal to Mrs. Macaulay on equality ; the likening Scotch learning to a ship's crew on short allowance ; Lord Chesterfield being a wit among lords , & c .; of Ossian being capable of ...
... conversation being a " renovation of hope ; " his proposal to Mrs. Macaulay on equality ; the likening Scotch learning to a ship's crew on short allowance ; Lord Chesterfield being a wit among lords , & c .; of Ossian being capable of ...
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... conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgement of mankind , to be at all shaken by the sneering observation of ...
... conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgement of mankind , to be at all shaken by the sneering observation of ...
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... conversation overflowed and drowned him . ' " His philosophy , though austere and solemn , was by no means morose and cynical , and never blunted the laudable sensibilities of his character , or exempted him from the influence of the ...
... conversation overflowed and drowned him . ' " His philosophy , though austere and solemn , was by no means morose and cynical , and never blunted the laudable sensibilities of his character , or exempted him from the influence of the ...
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