The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . Having fallen into a very serious frame of mind , in which mutual expressions of kindness passed between us , such as would be thought too vain in me to repeat , I talked with ...
... praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . Having fallen into a very serious frame of mind , in which mutual expressions of kindness passed between us , such as would be thought too vain in me to repeat , I talked with ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... praise . It is in order to shew how much he can spare . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the reproach of falsehood . " Bos- WELL : " Sometimes it may proceed from a man's strong consciousness of his faults being ...
... praise . It is in order to shew how much he can spare . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the reproach of falsehood . " Bos- WELL : " Sometimes it may proceed from a man's strong consciousness of his faults being ...
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... praise her , I would say , that her manners are the most agreeable , and her conversation the best of any lady with whom I ever had the happiness to be acquainted . Before Johnson came we talked a good deal of him ; Ramsay said , he had ...
... praise her , I would say , that her manners are the most agreeable , and her conversation the best of any lady with whom I ever had the happiness to be acquainted . Before Johnson came we talked a good deal of him ; Ramsay said , he had ...
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... praise my active merit , and would be alert to embrace such an offer from a nobleman . But whether I had shewn an over exaltation which provoked his spleen ; or whether he was seized with a suspicion that I had obtruded him on Lord ...
... praise my active merit , and would be alert to embrace such an offer from a nobleman . But whether I had shewn an over exaltation which provoked his spleen ; or whether he was seized with a suspicion that I had obtruded him on Lord ...
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