The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... conversation having turned on modern imitations of ancient ballads , and some one having praised their simpli- city , he treated them with that ridicule which he always displayed when that subject was mentioned . 1 See Nos . 232 and 549 ...
... conversation having turned on modern imitations of ancient ballads , and some one having praised their simpli- city , he treated them with that ridicule which he always displayed when that subject was mentioned . 1 See Nos . 232 and 549 ...
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... on his quill , And write whate'er he please , except my will . " Croker . 2 On the Douglas Cause . See Vol . I. p . 407 , note 2 . ON GOLDSMITH'S CONVERSATION 19 pamphlet against him by Andrew Stuart 18 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... on his quill , And write whate'er he please , except my will . " Croker . 2 On the Douglas Cause . See Vol . I. p . 407 , note 2 . ON GOLDSMITH'S CONVERSATION 19 pamphlet against him by Andrew Stuart 18 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... conversation : he has not temper for it , he is so much mortified when he fails . Sir , a game of jokes is composed partly of skill , partly of chance , a man may be beat at times by one who has not the tenth part of his wit . Now ...
... conversation : he has not temper for it , he is so much mortified when he fails . Sir , a game of jokes is composed partly of skill , partly of chance , a man may be beat at times by one who has not the tenth part of his wit . Now ...
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... conversation of Lady Di Beauclerk could not entirely dissipate . In a short time I received the agreeable intelligence that I was chosen . I hastened to the place of meeting , and was introduced to such a society as can seldom be found ...
... conversation of Lady Di Beauclerk could not entirely dissipate . In a short time I received the agreeable intelligence that I was chosen . I hastened to the place of meeting , and was introduced to such a society as can seldom be found ...
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... 3 I formerly thought that I had perhaps mistaken the word , and imagined it to be corps , from its similarity of sound to the real Much pleasant conversation passed , which Johnson relished with great BOSWELL AT THE CLUB ...
... 3 I formerly thought that I had perhaps mistaken the word , and imagined it to be corps , from its similarity of sound to the real Much pleasant conversation passed , which Johnson relished with great BOSWELL AT THE CLUB ...
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