The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... pleased , passions which may be roused . Lord Chesterfield being mentioned , Johnson remarked , that almost all of that celebrated nobleman's witty sayings were puns . He , however , allowed the merit of good wit to his Lordship's ...
... pleased , passions which may be roused . Lord Chesterfield being mentioned , Johnson remarked , that almost all of that celebrated nobleman's witty sayings were puns . He , however , allowed the merit of good wit to his Lordship's ...
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... pleased , without any apprehension of danger , have turned aside , and first set fire to St. James's palace . " On Tuesday , April 27 , Mr. Beauclerk and I called on him in the morning . As we walked up Johnson's Court , I said , " I ...
... pleased , without any apprehension of danger , have turned aside , and first set fire to St. James's palace . " On Tuesday , April 27 , Mr. Beauclerk and I called on him in the morning . As we walked up Johnson's Court , I said , " I ...
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... I told him that I had received a letter from Dr. Robertson the historian , upon the subject , with which he was much pleased , and GOLDSMITH'S NATURAL HISTORY 21 now talked in such a manner 20 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... I told him that I had received a letter from Dr. Robertson the historian , upon the subject , with which he was much pleased , and GOLDSMITH'S NATURAL HISTORY 21 now talked in such a manner 20 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... pleased to grant .'- No modern flattery , however , is so gross as that of the Augustan age , where the Emperor was deified . ' Præsens Divus habebitur Augustus . ' And as to meanness , ( rising into warmth , ) how is it mean in a ...
... pleased to grant .'- No modern flattery , however , is so gross as that of the Augustan age , where the Emperor was deified . ' Præsens Divus habebitur Augustus . ' And as to meanness , ( rising into warmth , ) how is it mean in a ...
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... pleased to honour it by a very extensive circulation , I beg leave to refer , as to a separate and remarkable portion of his life , which may be there seen in detail , and which exhibits as striking a view of his powers in conversation ...
... pleased to honour it by a very extensive circulation , I beg leave to refer , as to a separate and remarkable portion of his life , which may be there seen in detail , and which exhibits as striking a view of his powers in conversation ...
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