The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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... wonderful that a man , who for forty years had lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of con- versation 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 con- versation and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he ' said was oaths . " He , however ...
Page 8
... wonderful when a calculation is made , how little the mind is ac- tually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being obliged to be totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has ...
... wonderful when a calculation is made , how little the mind is ac- tually employed in the discharge of any profession . No man would be a Judge , upon the condition of being obliged to be totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has ...
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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 Mrs. Thrale adds ( Marginalia ) that the actress gave Johnson her ...
... 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 Mrs. Thrale adds ( Marginalia ) that the actress gave Johnson her ...
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... wonderful , Sir , how rare a quality good humour is in life . We meet with very few good humoured men . " I mentioned four of our friends , none of whom he would allow to be good humoured . One was acid , another was muddy , and to the ...
... wonderful , Sir , how rare a quality good humour is in life . We meet with very few good humoured men . " I mentioned four of our friends , none of whom he would allow to be good humoured . One was acid , another was muddy , and to the ...
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... wonderful that Walton , who was in a very low situation in life , should have been familiarly received by so many great men , and that at a time when the ranks of society were kept more separate than they are now . " He supposed that ...
... wonderful that Walton , who was in a very low situation in life , should have been familiarly received by so many great men , and that at a time when the ranks of society were kept more separate than they are now . " He supposed that ...
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