The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 - Authors, English |
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... talked of that town with veneration , for having stood a siege for Charles the First . The Dutchman alone now remained with us . He spoke English tolerably well ; and thinking to recommend himself to us by expatiating on the superiority ...
... talked of that town with veneration , for having stood a siege for Charles the First . The Dutchman alone now remained with us . He spoke English tolerably well ; and thinking to recommend himself to us by expatiating on the superiority ...
Page 316
... talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be prudently ...
... talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be prudently ...
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... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? " Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? " Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
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