The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... give you my opinion , that you would lessen yourself by it . What can you 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 ...
... give you my opinion , that you would lessen yourself by it . What can you 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 ...
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... give a pretty full account of one of the most curious instances in Johnson's life , of which he himself has made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church , I was accosted by Edwards , an old fellow - collegian , who ...
... give a pretty full account of one of the most curious instances in Johnson's life , of which he himself has made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church , I was accosted by Edwards , an old fellow - collegian , who ...
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... " But if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ? JOHNSON : " Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad humour from having been shewn " " " " them . You must consider , Madam ; III . C PAMPHLETS ...
... " But if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ? JOHNSON : " Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad humour from having been shewn " " " " them . You must consider , Madam ; III . C PAMPHLETS ...
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... give no more than a guinea for a pair . " Such were the principles of the business ; and , after some examination , he was fitted . As we drove along , I found him in a talking humour , of which I availed myself . BOSWELL : " I was this ...
... give no more than a guinea for a pair . " Such were the principles of the business ; and , after some examination , he was fitted . As we drove along , I found him in a talking humour , of which I availed myself . BOSWELL : " I was this ...
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... gives a man nothing . It neither gives him knowledge nor wit ; it only animates a man , and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed . It only puts in motion what has been locked up in frost . But this may be ...
... gives a man nothing . It neither gives him knowledge nor wit ; it only animates a man , and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed . It only puts in motion what has been locked up in frost . But this may be ...
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