The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2I. Pitman, 1907 |
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... Conversation- " The Project " Demosthenes Taylor " -Mrs . Cholmondeley - Dr . Musgrave - A Poetess- " The Vicar of Wakefield " -A Catalogue of Johnson's Works - The Gentleman's Magazine - Bon - mots - Purchasing Shoe Buckles ...
... Conversation- " The Project " Demosthenes Taylor " -Mrs . Cholmondeley - Dr . Musgrave - A Poetess- " The Vicar of Wakefield " -A Catalogue of Johnson's Works - The Gentleman's Magazine - Bon - mots - Purchasing Shoe Buckles ...
Page 570
... Conversation - C . J. Fox - Johnson and the Scotch -Johnson at Home - General Oglethorpe - Use of Wealth - George Crabbe - Dr . Brocklesby- Lord Mansfield - Beauclerk - Goldsmith and the Literary Club - George Buchanan - John Hoole -Sir ...
... Conversation - C . J. Fox - Johnson and the Scotch -Johnson at Home - General Oglethorpe - Use of Wealth - George Crabbe - Dr . Brocklesby- Lord Mansfield - Beauclerk - Goldsmith and the Literary Club - George Buchanan - John Hoole -Sir ...
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... conversation ; for it was very remarkable of Johnson that the presence of a stranger had no restraint upon his talk . I observed that Garrick , who was about to quit the stage , would soon have an easier life . JOHNSON : " I doubt that ...
... conversation ; for it was very remarkable of Johnson that the presence of a stranger had no restraint upon his talk . I observed that Garrick , who was about to quit the stage , would soon have an easier life . JOHNSON : " I doubt that ...
Page 578
... conversation . Talking of constitutional melancholy , he observed , " A man so afflicted , Sir , must divert distressing thoughts , and not combat with them . " BOSWELL : May not he think them down , Sir ? " JOHNSON : JOHNSON : " No ...
... conversation . Talking of constitutional melancholy , he observed , " A man so afflicted , Sir , must divert distressing thoughts , and not combat with them . " BOSWELL : May not he think them down , Sir ? " JOHNSON : JOHNSON : " No ...
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... conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their presence . " BOSWELL : " But , Sir , may there not be very good conversation without a ...
... conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their presence . " BOSWELL : " But , Sir , may there not be very good conversation without a ...
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