“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 34
... once observed to me , that " Johnson knew more books than any man alive . " He had a peculiar facility in seizing at once what was valuable in any book , without submitting to the labour of perusing it from beginning to end . He had ...
... once observed to me , that " Johnson knew more books than any man alive . " He had a peculiar facility in seizing at once what was valuable in any book , without submitting to the labour of perusing it from beginning to end . He had ...
Page 156
... once addressed your Lordship in publick , I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess . I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected , be it ever so ...
... once addressed your Lordship in publick , I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess . I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected , be it ever so ...
Page 250
... once . But such arts as these have no merit , unless when they are original . We admire them only once ; and this abruptness has nothing new in it . We have had it often before . Nay , we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong ...
... once . But such arts as these have no merit , unless when they are original . We admire them only once ; and this abruptness has nothing new in it . We have had it often before . Nay , we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong ...
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