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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... observed that all his thoughts were upon a great scale . JOHNSON . " Depend a Knowing as well as I do , what precision and elegance of oratory his Lordship can display , I cannot but suspect that his unfavourable appearance in a social ...
... observed that all his thoughts were upon a great scale . JOHNSON . " Depend a Knowing as well as I do , what precision and elegance of oratory his Lordship can display , I cannot but suspect that his unfavourable appearance in a social ...
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... observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ven . tured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . * 66 Having observed the vain ostentatious importance of many people in quoting the authority of Dukes and Lords ...
... observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ven . tured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . * 66 Having observed the vain ostentatious importance of many people in quoting the authority of Dukes and Lords ...
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... observed , was , that his common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected . " Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another ...
... observed , was , that his common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected . " Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another ...
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... observed , that men of curious enquiry might see in it such modes of life as very few could even imagine . He in parti- cular recommended to us to explore Wapping , which we resolved to do , and certainly shall . Mr. Lowe the painter ...
... observed , that men of curious enquiry might see in it such modes of life as very few could even imagine . He in parti- cular recommended to us to explore Wapping , which we resolved to do , and certainly shall . Mr. Lowe the painter ...
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... observe crude morsels cut out of books as if at random ; and when a large extract is made from one place , it surely may be done with very ... observed that he was too ready to introduce religious discourse 22 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... observe crude morsels cut out of books as if at random ; and when a large extract is made from one place , it surely may be done with very ... observed that he was too ready to introduce religious discourse 22 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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