Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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... conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgement of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of ...
... conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgement of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of ...
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... conversation where there is no competition , no vanity , but a calm quiet interchange of senti- ments . " In his ... conversation . " The foundation ( said he ) , must be laid by reading . General principles must be had from books ...
... conversation where there is no competition , no vanity , but a calm quiet interchange of senti- ments . " In his ... conversation . " The foundation ( said he ) , must be laid by reading . General principles must be had from books ...
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... conversation seem too desultory , Johnson observed , " Oglethorpe , Sir , never completes what he has to say . " He on the same account made a similar re- mark on Patrick , Lord Elibank : " Sir , there is nothing conclusive in his talk ...
... conversation seem too desultory , Johnson observed , " Oglethorpe , Sir , never completes what he has to say . " He on the same account made a similar re- mark on Patrick , Lord Elibank : " Sir , there is nothing conclusive in his talk ...
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