“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 219
... mentioned that he was obliged to go to London in order to get ready for the press one of the numbers of that Journal , Foote said to him , " You need not go on that account . Here is a French magazine , in which you will find a very ...
... mentioned that he was obliged to go to London in order to get ready for the press one of the numbers of that Journal , Foote said to him , " You need not go on that account . Here is a French magazine , in which you will find a very ...
Page 278
... mentioned , Johnson said , " Why , Sir , he is a man of good parts , but being originally poor , he has got a love of mean company and low jocularity ; a very bad thing , Sir . To laugh is good , and to talk is good . But you ought no ...
... mentioned , Johnson said , " Why , Sir , he is a man of good parts , but being originally poor , he has got a love of mean company and low jocularity ; a very bad thing , Sir . To laugh is good , and to talk is good . But you ought no ...
Page 478
... mentioned ; JOHNSON , " Sir , if you talk of it as a subject of commerce , it will be gainful ; if as a book that is to increase human knowledge , I believe there will not be much of that . Hawkesworth can tell only what the voyagers ...
... mentioned ; JOHNSON , " Sir , if you talk of it as a subject of commerce , it will be gainful ; if as a book that is to increase human knowledge , I believe there will not be much of that . Hawkesworth can tell only what the voyagers ...
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