The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... heard you compliment the Cambridge men after dinner to - day . " ' Why ( replied he ) I was inclined to down them sure enough ; but then a fellow deserves to be of Oxford that talks so . " I have heard him at other times relate how he ...
... heard you compliment the Cambridge men after dinner to - day . " ' Why ( replied he ) I was inclined to down them sure enough ; but then a fellow deserves to be of Oxford that talks so . " I have heard him at other times relate how he ...
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... heard , in Sir Joshua Reynolds's parlour , while the boy waited to carry it to press and numberless are the instances of his writing under immediate pressure of importunity or distress . He told me that the character of Sober in the ...
... heard , in Sir Joshua Reynolds's parlour , while the boy waited to carry it to press and numberless are the instances of his writing under immediate pressure of importunity or distress . He told me that the character of Sober in the ...
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... heard , he said , that he was not famous for Greek literature , attacked him on the weak side ; politely adding , that he chose that conversation on purpose to favour himself . Our Doctor , however , displayed so copious , so ...
... heard , he said , that he was not famous for Greek literature , attacked him on the weak side ; politely adding , that he chose that conversation on purpose to favour himself . Our Doctor , however , displayed so copious , so ...
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... heard the last on't , to be sure ; but then Pope was a narrow man : I will however ( added he ) storm and bluster myself a little this time ; --so went to London in all the wrath he could muster up . his return I asked how the affair ...
... heard the last on't , to be sure ; but then Pope was a narrow man : I will however ( added he ) storm and bluster myself a little this time ; --so went to London in all the wrath he could muster up . his return I asked how the affair ...
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... heard him observe , that , though but fourteen lines long , there were six grammatical faults in it . A friend was praising the style of Dr. Swift ; Mr. Johnson did not find himself in the humour to agree with him : the critic was ...
... heard him observe , that , though but fourteen lines long , there were six grammatical faults in it . A friend was praising the style of Dr. Swift ; Mr. Johnson did not find himself in the humour to agree with him : the critic was ...
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