The Table Talk of Samuel JohnsonW. P. Nimmo, 1868 - 128 pages |
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... expected a man should see . The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean . On those shores were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian , the Persian , the Grecian , and the Roman . - All our ...
... expected a man should see . The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean . On those shores were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian , the Persian , the Grecian , and the Roman . - All our ...
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... has written a good book : he has not written it for any individual . I may as well make a present to a postman who brings me a letter . When patronage was limited , an D author expected to find a Mæcenas , and com- Į SAMUEL JOHNSON . 49.
... has written a good book : he has not written it for any individual . I may as well make a present to a postman who brings me a letter . When patronage was limited , an D author expected to find a Mæcenas , and com- Į SAMUEL JOHNSON . 49.
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Samuel Johnson. author expected to find a Mæcenas , and com- Į lained if he did not find one . Why should he complain ? This Mæcenas has others as good as he , or others who have got the start of him . Boswell , But surely , sir , you ...
Samuel Johnson. author expected to find a Mæcenas , and com- Į lained if he did not find one . Why should he complain ? This Mæcenas has others as good as he , or others who have got the start of him . Boswell , But surely , sir , you ...
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