The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... observed , " There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects . If a young or middle - aged man , when leaving a company , does not recollect where he laid his hat , it is nothing ; but if the ...
... observed , " There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects . If a young or middle - aged man , when leaving a company , does not recollect where he laid his hat , it is nothing ; but if the ...
Page 376
... observed that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements , Johnson added , " Yes , Sir ; no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures . " I have mentioned Johnson's general aversion to a pun . He once , however , endured one ...
... observed that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements , Johnson added , " Yes , Sir ; no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures . " I have mentioned Johnson's general aversion to a pun . He once , however , endured one ...
Page 378
... observed , " Sir , your assent to a man whom you have never known to falsify is a debt ; but after you have known a ... observed one day of a passage in well have said this myself ; " and once when Mr. Langton was sitting by him , he ...
... observed , " Sir , your assent to a man whom you have never known to falsify is a debt ; but after you have known a ... observed one day of a passage in well have said this myself ; " and once when Mr. Langton was sitting by him , he ...
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