The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... tell of countries so well known as those upon the continent of Europe , which you have visited ? " BOSWELL . " But I can give an entertaining narrative , with many incidents , anecdotes , jeux d'esprit , and remarks , so as to make very ...
... tell of countries so well known as those upon the continent of Europe , which you have visited ? " BOSWELL . " But I can give an entertaining narrative , with many incidents , anecdotes , jeux d'esprit , and remarks , so as to make very ...
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... telling lies of us old fellows . " Wishing to be present at more of so singular a conversation as that between two fellow - collegians , who had lived forty years in London without ever having chanced to meet , I whispered to Mr ...
... telling lies of us old fellows . " Wishing to be present at more of so singular a conversation as that between two fellow - collegians , who had lived forty years in London without ever having chanced to meet , I whispered to Mr ...
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... telling him that he would go down to his farm and visit him , showed a kind- ness of disposition very rare at an advanced age . He observed , " how wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years , without having ever ...
... telling him that he would go down to his farm and visit him , showed a kind- ness of disposition very rare at an advanced age . He observed , " how wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years , without having ever ...
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... tell her , that you would be in as respectable a situation in my house as in hers . Sir , the insolence of wealth will creep out . " BOSWELL . " She has a little both of the insolence of wealth and the conceit of parts . " JOHNSON ...
... tell her , that you would be in as respectable a situation in my house as in hers . Sir , the insolence of wealth will creep out . " BOSWELL . " She has a little both of the insolence of wealth and the conceit of parts . " JOHNSON ...
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... telling the truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true . " BOSWELL . " A man often shows his writings to people of eminence , to obtain from them , either from their good - nature , or from their not being able to tell the ...
... telling the truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true . " BOSWELL . " A man often shows his writings to people of eminence , to obtain from them , either from their good - nature , or from their not being able to tell the ...
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