Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of Mr ...
... conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of Mr ...
Page 657
... conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their presence . ' BOSWELL . ' But , Sir , may there not be very good conversation without a ...
... conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their presence . ' BOSWELL . ' But , Sir , may there not be very good conversation without a ...
Page 353
... CONVERSATION 353 " The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton that Johnson said to him , " Sir , a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing , than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down ...
... CONVERSATION 353 " The late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton that Johnson said to him , " Sir , a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing , than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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