The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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Page 51
... wonderful that he has been able to write such variety of them . ” At Mr. Beauclerk's , where I supped , was Mr. Garrick , whom I made happy with Johnson's praise of his prologues ; and I suppose , in gratitude to him , he took up one of ...
... wonderful that he has been able to write such variety of them . ” At Mr. Beauclerk's , where I supped , was Mr. Garrick , whom I made happy with Johnson's praise of his prologues ; and I suppose , in gratitude to him , he took up one of ...
Page 52
... wonderfully free from that nationality : but so it happens , that you employ the only Scotch shoe - black in London . " He imitated the manner of his old master with ludicrous exaggeration ; repeating , with pauses and half - whistlings ...
... wonderfully free from that nationality : but so it happens , that you employ the only Scotch shoe - black in London . " He imitated the manner of his old master with ludicrous exaggeration ; repeating , with pauses and half - whistlings ...
Page 64
... wonderful that a man , who for forty years had lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of conversa- tion : and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he said was oaths . " He , however ...
... wonderful that a man , who for forty years had lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of conversa- tion : and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he said was oaths . " He , however ...
Page 67
... wonderful when a calculation is made , how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has his mind at work ...
... wonderful when a calculation is made , how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has his mind at work ...
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... wonderful how little mind she had . Sir , she had never read the tragedy of Macbeth all through . She no more thought of the play out of which her part was taken , than a shoemaker thinks of the skin , out of which the piece of leather ...
... wonderful how little mind she had . Sir , she had never read the tragedy of Macbeth all through . She no more thought of the play out of which her part was taken , than a shoemaker thinks of the skin , out of which the piece of leather ...
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