The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... sir Joshua Reynolds , he said , ' Sir , I know no man a Secretary to the British herring fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of eminent merit . - BoswELL . who has passed through life with more ...
... sir Joshua Reynolds , he said , ' Sir , I know no man a Secretary to the British herring fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of eminent merit . - BoswELL . who has passed through life with more ...
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... sir Joshua Reynolds , that he made it a rule when in com- pany never to talk of what he understood . Beauclerk had for a short time a pretty high opinion of Smith's conversation . Garrick , after listening to him for a while , as to one ...
... sir Joshua Reynolds , that he made it a rule when in com- pany never to talk of what he understood . Beauclerk had for a short time a pretty high opinion of Smith's conversation . Garrick , after listening to him for a while , as to one ...
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... sir Joshua Reynolds said he was always willing to talk , and glad to have them introduced . Johnson , when he carried Mr. Langton to see him , pro- fessed that he could bring him out into conversation , and used this allusive expression , ...
... sir Joshua Reynolds said he was always willing to talk , and glad to have them introduced . Johnson , when he carried Mr. Langton to see him , pro- fessed that he could bring him out into conversation , and used this allusive expression , ...
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... sir Joshua Reynolds , of which Johnson himself came in for a share , Pray , ' said he , let us have it read aloud from beginning to end ; ' which being done , he with a ludicrous earnestness , and not directing his look to any ...
... sir Joshua Reynolds , of which Johnson himself came in for a share , Pray , ' said he , let us have it read aloud from beginning to end ; ' which being done , he with a ludicrous earnestness , and not directing his look to any ...
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... sir Joshua Reynolds's , that a beggar in the street will more readily ask alms from a man , The consolatory reflection of Pericles on his death - bed was , that he had never caused a single citizen of Athens to put on mourning . See ...
... sir Joshua Reynolds's , that a beggar in the street will more readily ask alms from a man , The consolatory reflection of Pericles on his death - bed was , that he had never caused a single citizen of Athens to put on mourning . See ...
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