The Table Talk of Samuel Johnson: Comprising His Most Interesting Remarks and Observations, Volume 1J. Coxhead, 1818 |
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... Hebrides , or Western Isles of Scotland . He was accompanied by Mr. Boswell ; whose acuteness , he afterwards observed , would help his enquiry , and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners were sufficient to counteract the ...
... Hebrides , or Western Isles of Scotland . He was accompanied by Mr. Boswell ; whose acuteness , he afterwards observed , would help his enquiry , and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners were sufficient to counteract the ...
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... Hebrides , if I had not drunk with our worthy friends . Had I drunk water only , as you did , they would not have been so cor- dial . ” — J . " Sir William Temple mentions , that in his travels through the Netherlands he had two or ...
... Hebrides , if I had not drunk with our worthy friends . Had I drunk water only , as you did , they would not have been so cor- dial . ” — J . " Sir William Temple mentions , that in his travels through the Netherlands he had two or ...
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... Hebrides . Little people are apt to be jealous ; but they should not be jealous ; for they ought to consider , that superior attention will necessarily be paid to superior fortune or rank . INEQUALITIES OF RANK . 115.
... Hebrides . Little people are apt to be jealous ; but they should not be jealous ; for they ought to consider , that superior attention will necessarily be paid to superior fortune or rank . INEQUALITIES OF RANK . 115.
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... with whom the days of youth may be retraced , and those images revived which gave the earliest delight . If you and I live to be much older , we shall take great delight in talking over the Hebridean Journey . LIFE . 127.
... with whom the days of youth may be retraced , and those images revived which gave the earliest delight . If you and I live to be much older , we shall take great delight in talking over the Hebridean Journey . LIFE . 127.
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... Hebridean Journey . " At another time he said , " Life is not long , and too much of it must not pass in idle delibe- ration how it shall be spent ; deliberation which those who begin it by prudence , and continue it with subtilty ...
... Hebridean Journey . " At another time he said , " Life is not long , and too much of it must not pass in idle delibe- ration how it shall be spent ; deliberation which those who begin it by prudence , and continue it with subtilty ...
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