The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... wish this collection had been kept entire . Many of them are in the library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh . I told Dr. Johnson that I had some intention to write the life of the learned and worthy Thomas Ruddiman . He 1 " By ...
... wish this collection had been kept entire . Many of them are in the library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh . I told Dr. Johnson that I had some intention to write the life of the learned and worthy Thomas Ruddiman . He 1 " By ...
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... wish told . " GOLDSMITH : " It may , perhaps , be necessary for a native to be more cautious ; but a foreigner who comes among us without prejudice , may be con- sidered as holding the place of a judge , and may speak his mind freely ...
... wish told . " GOLDSMITH : " It may , perhaps , be necessary for a native to be more cautious ; but a foreigner who comes among us without prejudice , may be con- sidered as holding the place of a judge , and may speak his mind freely ...
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... wish to live by his labours ; but he should write so as he may live by them , not so as he may be knocked on the ... wish should be told . " GOLDSMITH : " For my part , I'd tell truth , and shame the devil . " JOHNSON : " Yes , Sir ...
... wish to live by his labours ; but he should write so as he may live by them , not so as he may be knocked on the ... wish should be told . " GOLDSMITH : " For my part , I'd tell truth , and shame the devil . " JOHNSON : " Yes , Sir ...
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... wish he would , " said Goldsmith : adding , however , with an affected indifference , " Not that it would do me the least good . " JOHNSON : " Well then , Sir , let us say it would do him good ( laughing ) . No , Sir , this affectation ...
... wish he would , " said Goldsmith : adding , however , with an affected indifference , " Not that it would do me the least good . " JOHNSON : " Well then , Sir , let us say it would do him good ( laughing ) . No , Sir , this affectation ...
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... wish to please him . I remember a line in Dryden , ' And every poet is the monarch's friend . ' It ought to be reversed . " JOHNSON : " Nay , there are finer lines in Dryden on this subject : ' For colleges on bounteous Kings depend ...
... wish to please him . I remember a line in Dryden , ' And every poet is the monarch's friend . ' It ought to be reversed . " JOHNSON : " Nay , there are finer lines in Dryden on this subject : ' For colleges on bounteous Kings depend ...
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