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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... 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 him very defective . He once said to Sir Joshua Reynolds , " This man ...
... 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 him very defective . He once said to Sir Joshua Reynolds , " This man ...
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... means any thing ridiculous or particular about him might be presented to his view , and corrected . ' I observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ven . tured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . * 66 ...
... means any thing ridiculous or particular about him might be presented to his view , and corrected . ' I observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ven . tured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . * 66 ...
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... means , what had been originally effort became familiar and easy . The consequence of this , Sir Joshua observed , was , that his common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above ...
... means , what had been originally effort became familiar and easy . The consequence of this , Sir Joshua observed , was , that his common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above ...
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... means of happiness , enjoying , when well advanced in years , health and vigour of body , serenity and animation of mind , do not entitle to be addressed fortunate senex / I know not to whom , in any age , that expression could with ...
... means of happiness , enjoying , when well advanced in years , health and vigour of body , serenity and animation of mind , do not entitle to be addressed fortunate senex / I know not to whom , in any age , that expression could with ...
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... mean that inspiration is required for rhetorick , and all the beauties of language ; for when once man has language , we can conceive that he may gradually form modifications of it . I mean only , that inspiration seems to me to be ...
... mean that inspiration is required for rhetorick , and all the beauties of language ; for when once man has language , we can conceive that he may gradually form modifications of it . I mean only , that inspiration seems to me to be ...
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