The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... 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 incidents , anecdotes , jeux d'esprit , and remarks , so as to make very ...
... 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 incidents , anecdotes , jeux d'esprit , and remarks , so as to make very ...
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... telling lies of us old fellows . " Wishing to be present at more of so singular a convers- ation as that between two fellow - collegians , who had lived forty years in London without ever having chanced to meet , I whispered to Mr ...
... telling lies of us old fellows . " Wishing to be present at more of so singular a convers- ation as that between two fellow - collegians , who had lived forty years in London without ever having chanced to meet , I whispered to Mr ...
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... telling him that he would go down to his farm and visit him , shewed a kindness of disposition very rare at an advanced age . He observed , How wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years , without having ever once ...
... telling him that he would go down to his farm and visit him , shewed a kindness of disposition very rare at an advanced age . He observed , How wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years , without having ever once ...
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... tell her , that you would be in as respectable a situation in my house as in hers . Sir , the insolence of wealth will creep out . " Bos- WELL " She has a little both of the insolence of wealth , and the conceit of parts . " JOHNSON ...
... tell her , that you would be in as respectable a situation in my house as in hers . Sir , the insolence of wealth will creep out . " Bos- WELL " She has a little both of the insolence of wealth , and the conceit of parts . " JOHNSON ...
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... telling exactly how a thing is ) : " A pamphlet is under- stood in common language to mean prose , only from this , that there is so much more prose written than poetry ; as when we say a book , prose is understood for the same reason ...
... telling exactly how a thing is ) : " A pamphlet is under- stood in common language to mean prose , only from this , that there is so much more prose written than poetry ; as when we say a book , prose is understood for the same reason ...
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