The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON . " Why , to be sure , sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemp- tible , who does not ...
... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON . " Why , to be sure , sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemp- tible , who does not ...
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... observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and ...
... observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and ...
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... observed to me , upon this , that “ No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a king to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high ...
... observed to me , upon this , that “ No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and it was fit for a king to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high ...
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... observed , that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . Aye , " said the king , " they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
... observed , that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . Aye , " said the king , " they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
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James Boswell. observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Lewis the four- teenth or Charles the second . " At sir Joshua Reynolds's , where a circle of Johnson's friends was collected ...
James Boswell. observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Lewis the four- teenth or Charles the second . " At sir Joshua Reynolds's , where a circle of Johnson's friends was collected ...
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