The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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Page 353
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? " Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? " Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
Page 464
... talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . " It was owing to imaginary difficulties in his affairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . " BOSWELL . " Do you think ...
... talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . " It was owing to imaginary difficulties in his affairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . " BOSWELL . " Do you think ...
Page 237
... talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired .. We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
... talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired .. We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
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