The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... talked of the strange indecision of mind , and imbecility in the common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " Boswell : What , Sir ...
... talked of the strange indecision of mind , and imbecility in the common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " Boswell : What , Sir ...
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... talked very properly . Lord Camden was a little lawyer to be associating so familiarly with a player . " --- Sir Joshua Reynolds observed , with great truth , that Johnson considered Garrick to be as it were his property . He would ...
... talked very properly . Lord Camden was a little lawyer to be associating so familiarly with a player . " --- Sir Joshua Reynolds observed , with great truth , that Johnson considered Garrick to be as it were his property . He would ...
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... talked on that subject . This , it seems , exasperated him ; though he said nothing at the time . The cloud was charged with sulphureous vapour , which was afterwards to burst in thunder . - We talked of a gentleman [ Langton ] who was ...
... talked on that subject . This , it seems , exasperated him ; though he said nothing at the time . The cloud was charged with sulphureous vapour , which was afterwards to burst in thunder . - We talked of a gentleman [ Langton ] who was ...
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... talked of the numbers of people that sometimes have composed the household of great families . I men- tioned that there were a hundred in the family of the present Earl of Eglinton's father . Dr. Johnson seeming to doubt it , I began to ...
... talked of the numbers of people that sometimes have composed the household of great families . I men- tioned that there were a hundred in the family of the present Earl of Eglinton's father . Dr. Johnson seeming to doubt it , I began to ...
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... talked of a lady's verses on Ireland . MISS REYNOLDS : " Have you seen them , Sir ? " JOHNSON : " No , Madam , I have seen a translation from Horace , by one of her daughters . She shewed it me . " MISS REY- NOLDS : " And how was it ...
... talked of a lady's verses on Ireland . MISS REYNOLDS : " Have you seen them , Sir ? " JOHNSON : " No , Madam , I have seen a translation from Horace , by one of her daughters . She shewed it me . " MISS REY- NOLDS : " And how was it ...
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