The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... distinct portraiture , Johnson's companions clus- tered around their venerated master in all the grotesque variety of their undisguised character , listening to conversations of which Athens might have been justly PREFATORY NOTICE . ix.
... distinct portraiture , Johnson's companions clus- tered around their venerated master in all the grotesque variety of their undisguised character , listening to conversations of which Athens might have been justly PREFATORY NOTICE . ix.
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James Boswell. listening to conversations of which Athens might have been justly proud . And if amidst those conversations we are sometimes surprised at . lively paradox , on subjects too grave for trifling ; let us not forget that the ...
James Boswell. listening to conversations of which Athens might have been justly proud . And if amidst those conversations we are sometimes surprised at . lively paradox , on subjects too grave for trifling ; let us not forget that the ...
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... conversations with some old ser- vants who remembered Johnson , in the anxious desire of gleaning something illustrative of his peculiarities . The result of our diligence must be judged of by a candid publick . In pursuance of the same ...
... conversations with some old ser- vants who remembered Johnson , in the anxious desire of gleaning something illustrative of his peculiarities . The result of our diligence must be judged of by a candid publick . In pursuance of the same ...
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... conversation with him , that a good store of Johnsoniana was treasured in his mind ; and I compared it to Herculaneum , or some old Roman field , which , when dug , fully rewards the labour employed . The authenticity of every article ...
... conversation with him , that a good store of Johnsoniana was treasured in his mind ; and I compared it to Herculaneum , or some old Roman field , which , when dug , fully rewards the labour employed . The authenticity of every article ...
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... conversation . ' It seems strange , ' said he , ' that a man should see so far to the right , who sees so short a way to the left . Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the ...
... conversation . ' It seems strange , ' said he , ' that a man should see so far to the right , who sees so short a way to the left . Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the ...
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