The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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Page 17
... pleased with the hon- our of having been thus noticed by Dr. Johnson . When he was gone , I said to Johnson , I thought him but a weak man . JOHNSON . " Why yes , Sir . Here is a man who has passed through life with- out experience ...
... pleased with the hon- our of having been thus noticed by Dr. Johnson . When he was gone , I said to Johnson , I thought him but a weak man . JOHNSON . " Why yes , Sir . Here is a man who has passed through life with- out experience ...
Page 29
... pleased , and never interfered . " Upon which I read it to him , article by article , and got him posi- tively to own or refuse ; and then , having obtained certainly so far , I got some other articles confirmed by him directly , and ...
... pleased , and never interfered . " Upon which I read it to him , article by article , and got him posi- tively to own or refuse ; and then , having obtained certainly so far , I got some other articles confirmed by him directly , and ...
Page 33
... pleased with himself . I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others . Sometimes it does . But the danger is , that while a man grows better pleased with himself , he may be growing less pleasing to others . " Wine gives a man ...
... pleased with himself . I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others . Sometimes it does . But the danger is , that while a man grows better pleased with himself , he may be growing less pleasing to others . " Wine gives a man ...
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... pleased with those who par- take pleasure with them . But after a man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine , ' any other consideration is a trifle . To please others by drink- ing ...
... pleased with those who par- take pleasure with them . But after a man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine , ' any other consideration is a trifle . To please others by drink- ing ...
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... pleased . RAMSAY . " I am old enough ' to have been a contemporary of Pope . His poetry was highly admired in his life - time , more a great deal than after his death . " JOHNSON . " Sir , it has not been less admired since his death ...
... pleased . RAMSAY . " I am old enough ' to have been a contemporary of Pope . His poetry was highly admired in his life - time , more a great deal than after his death . " JOHNSON . " Sir , it has not been less admired since his death ...
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