The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... London , for it contains slight topicks , and it might soon be _written . " I praised the accuracy of an account book of a private person whom I mentioned . JOHNSON . " Keeping accounts , Sir , is of no use when a man is spending his ...
... London , for it contains slight topicks , and it might soon be _written . " I praised the accuracy of an account book of a private person whom I mentioned . JOHNSON . " Keeping accounts , Sir , is of no use when a man is spending his ...
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... London ; but with so little success , that Foote said , " What can he mean by coming among us ? He is not only а dull himself , but the cause of dullness in others . " Trying him by the test of his colloquial powers , Johnson had found ...
... London ; but with so little success , that Foote said , " What can he mean by coming among us ? He is not only а dull himself , but the cause of dullness in others . " Trying him by the test of his colloquial powers , Johnson had found ...
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... London Magazine . 2 Later , Primate of Ireland . This appears to be one of the most charming touches of character recorded by Mr. Boswell . Mr. Malone has the following note : " The words occur , ( as Mr. Bindley Earl of Bute ; a ...
... London Magazine . 2 Later , Primate of Ireland . This appears to be one of the most charming touches of character recorded by Mr. Boswell . Mr. Malone has the following note : " The words occur , ( as Mr. Bindley Earl of Bute ; a ...
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... London , he imputed it in a considerable degree to their spirit of nationality . You know , Sir , ( said he , ) that no Scotchman publishes a book , or has a play brought upon the stage , but there are five hundred people ready to ...
... London , he imputed it in a considerable degree to their spirit of nationality . You know , Sir , ( said he , ) that no Scotchman publishes a book , or has a play brought upon the stage , but there are five hundred people ready to ...
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... London , and elsewhere , have , I am afraid , in this , had too much regard to their own ease . " Of Dr. Hurd , Bishop of Worcester , Johnson said to a friend , - Hurd , Sir , is one of a set of men who account for every thing ...
... London , and elsewhere , have , I am afraid , in this , had too much regard to their own ease . " Of Dr. Hurd , Bishop of Worcester , Johnson said to a friend , - Hurd , Sir , is one of a set of men who account for every thing ...
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