The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... observed . He knows that others would throw him down , and therefore he had better lie down softly of his own accord . " On Tuesday , April 28 , he was engaged to dine at General Paolis , where , as I have already observed , I was still ...
... observed . He knows that others would throw him down , and therefore he had better lie down softly of his own accord . " On Tuesday , April 28 , he was engaged to dine at General Paolis , where , as I have already observed , I was still ...
Page 444
James Boswell Edmond Malone. I observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ventured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities.1 Having observed the vain ostentatious importance of many people in quoting the ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. I observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ventured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities.1 Having observed the vain ostentatious importance of many people in quoting the ...
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... observed , that his frequent use of the expression , No , Sir , was not always to intimate contradiction ; for he would say so when he was about to enforce an affirmative proposition which had not been denied , as in the instance last ...
... observed , that his frequent use of the expression , No , Sir , was not always to intimate contradiction ; for he would say so when he was about to enforce an affirmative proposition which had not been denied , as in the instance last ...
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