The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... 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 saying of Lord Tyrawley and himself , when both very old and infirm : " Tyrawley and I ...
... 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 saying of Lord Tyrawley and himself , when both very old and infirm : " Tyrawley and I ...
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... . Our soldiery , surely , are not luxurious , who live on sixpence a day ; and the same remark will apply to almost all the other classes . Luxury , so far as it reaches << the poor , will do good to the race DEGENERATION AND LUXURY ...
... . Our soldiery , surely , are not luxurious , who live on sixpence a day ; and the same remark will apply to almost all the other classes . Luxury , so far as it reaches << the poor , will do good to the race DEGENERATION AND LUXURY ...
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... remarked to 1 I regretted that Dr. Johnson never took the trouble to study a question which interested nations . He would not even read a pamphlet which I wrote upon it , entitled , The Essence of the Douglas Cause ; which , I have ...
... remarked to 1 I regretted that Dr. Johnson never took the trouble to study a question which interested nations . He would not even read a pamphlet which I wrote upon it , entitled , The Essence of the Douglas Cause ; which , I have ...
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... remarks on my work , observes on this passage " Q. if not on the word , fort ? A vociferous French preacher said of Bourdaloue , ' Il preche fort bien , et moi bien fort . ' -Menagiana . See also Anecdotes Littéraires , Article ...
... remarks on my work , observes on this passage " Q. if not on the word , fort ? A vociferous French preacher said of Bourdaloue , ' Il preche fort bien , et moi bien fort . ' -Menagiana . See also Anecdotes Littéraires , Article ...
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... remark upon that subject : " I have seen many a bear led by a man ; but I never before saw a man led by a bear . " B. 2 Sir Alexander Gordon , one of the Professors at Aberdeen . B. 3 This was a box containing a number of curious things ...
... remark upon that subject : " I have seen many a bear led by a man ; but I never before saw a man led by a bear . " B. 2 Sir Alexander Gordon , one of the Professors at Aberdeen . B. 3 This was a box containing a number of curious things ...
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