The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... conversation that had passed at an alehouse between us . My purpose is to continue our acquaintance . " ( Prayers and Meditations , 164. ) It was in Butcher Row that this meeting happened . Mr. Edwards , who was a decent - looking ...
... conversation that had passed at an alehouse between us . My purpose is to continue our acquaintance . " ( Prayers and Meditations , 164. ) It was in Butcher Row that this meeting happened . Mr. Edwards , who was a decent - looking ...
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... conversation . Mr. Edwards informed Dr. Johnson that he had practised long as a solicitor in Chancery , but that he now lived in the country upon a little farm , about sixty acres , just by Stevenage in Hert- fordshire , and that he ...
... conversation . Mr. Edwards informed Dr. Johnson that he had practised long as a solicitor in Chancery , but that he now lived in the country upon a little farm , about sixty acres , just by Stevenage in Hert- fordshire , and that he ...
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... conversation is with difficulty kept up by a perpetual effort ? Johnson once observed to me , " Tom Tyers described me the best Sir , ' said he , ' you are like a ghost you never speak till you are spoken to . ' " 1 2 The gentleman whom ...
... conversation is with difficulty kept up by a perpetual effort ? Johnson once observed to me , " Tom Tyers described me the best Sir , ' said he , ' you are like a ghost you never speak till you are spoken to . ' " 1 2 The gentleman whom ...
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... conversation of Johnson is strong and clear , and may be compared to an antique statue , where every vein and muscle is distinct and bold . Ordinary conversation resembles an inferior cast . " On Saturday , April 25 , I dined with him ...
... conversation of Johnson is strong and clear , and may be compared to an antique statue , where every vein and muscle is distinct and bold . Ordinary conversation resembles an inferior cast . " On Saturday , April 25 , I dined with him ...
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... conversation is the key : wine is a pick - lock , which forces open the box , and injures it . A man should cultivate his mind so as to have that confidence and readiness without wine , which wine gives . " BOSWELL : " The great ...
... conversation is the key : wine is a pick - lock , which forces open the box , and injures it . A man should cultivate his mind so as to have that confidence and readiness without wine , which wine gives . " BOSWELL : " The great ...
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