The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... asked me why I did not give some account of my travels in France . The reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but ...
... asked me why I did not give some account of my travels in France . The reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but ...
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... asked if I remembered one Edwards ; I did not at first recollect the name , but gradually as we walked along recovered it , and told him a conversation that had passed at an alehouse between us . My purpose is to continue our ...
... asked if I remembered one Edwards ; I did not at first recollect the name , but gradually as we walked along recovered it , and told him a conversation that had passed at an alehouse between us . My purpose is to continue our ...
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... asked him , why he had said so harsh a thing . JOHNSON : " Because , Sir , you made me angry about the Americans . " BOSWELL : " But why did you not take your revenge directly ? " JOHNSON ( smiling ) : " Because , Sir , I had nothing ...
... asked him , why he had said so harsh a thing . JOHNSON : " Because , Sir , you made me angry about the Americans . " BOSWELL : " But why did you not take your revenge directly ? " JOHNSON ( smiling ) : " Because , Sir , I had nothing ...
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... asked by an author , what he thinks of his work , is put to the torture , and is not obliged to speak the truth ; so that what he says is not considered as his opinion ; yet he has said it , and cannot retract it ; and this author ...
... asked by an author , what he thinks of his work , is put to the torture , and is not obliged to speak the truth ; so that what he says is not considered as his opinion ; yet he has said it , and cannot retract it ; and this author ...
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... asked by the Queen what o'clock it was , answered , " What your Majesty pleases . " 1 He admitted that Mr. Burke's classical pun upon Mr. Wilkes's being carried on the shoulders of the mob , << numerisque fertur Lege solutus , " ( Hor ...
... asked by the Queen what o'clock it was , answered , " What your Majesty pleases . " 1 He admitted that Mr. Burke's classical pun upon Mr. Wilkes's being carried on the shoulders of the mob , << numerisque fertur Lege solutus , " ( Hor ...
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