The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... Sir . People would like to read what you say of any thing . Suppose a face has been painted by fifty painters before ; still we love to see it done by Sir Joshua . " JOHNSON : " True , Sir , but Sir Joshua cannot paint a face when he ...
... Sir . People would like to read what you say of any thing . Suppose a face has been painted by fifty painters before ; still we love to see it done by Sir Joshua . " JOHNSON : " True , Sir , but Sir Joshua cannot paint a face when he ...
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... Sir , it is better to live rich , than to die rich . " EDWARDS : " I wish I had continued at college . " JOHNSON : " Why do you wish that , Sir ... Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Courtenay , 1634 . AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE ...
... Sir , it is better to live rich , than to die rich . " EDWARDS : " I wish I had continued at college . " JOHNSON : " Why do you wish that , Sir ... Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Courtenay , 1634 . AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE ...
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James Boswell. Mr. Burke , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Courtenay , Mr. Malone , and , indeed , all the eminent men to whom I have mentioned this , have thought it an exquisite trait of character . The truth is , that philosophy , like ...
James Boswell. Mr. Burke , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Courtenay , Mr. Malone , and , indeed , all the eminent men to whom I have mentioned this , have thought it an exquisite trait of character . The truth is , that philosophy , like ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where , the room being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering a great 1 I am not ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where , the room being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering a great 1 I am not ...
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... Lord Camden has this moment left me . We have had a long walk together . " JOHNSON : " Well , Sir , Garrick talked very properly . Lord Camden was a little lawyer to be associating so familiarly with a player . " --- Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
... Lord Camden has this moment left me . We have had a long walk together . " JOHNSON : " Well , Sir , Garrick talked very properly . Lord Camden was a little lawyer to be associating so familiarly with a player . " --- Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
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