The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 |
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... thought he had already done his part as a writer . ' I should have thought so too , ( said the King , ) if you had not written so well .'- Johnson observed to me , upon this , that ' No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and ...
... thought he had already done his part as a writer . ' I should have thought so too , ( said the King , ) if you had not written so well .'- Johnson observed to me , upon this , that ' No man could have paid a handsomer compliment ; and ...
Page 415
... thought so , Sir , if I had not heard you talk . ' The General asked him what he thought of the spirit of infidelity which was so prevalent . JOHNSON . ' Sir , this gloom of infidelity , I hope , is only a transient cloud passing ...
... thought so , Sir , if I had not heard you talk . ' The General asked him what he thought of the spirit of infidelity which was so prevalent . JOHNSON . ' Sir , this gloom of infidelity , I hope , is only a transient cloud passing ...
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... thought upon the subject.'1 BOSWELL . ' I suppose , Sir , he has thought superficially , and seized the first notions which occurred to his mind . ' JOHNSON . ' Why then , Sir , still he is like a dog , that snatches the piece next him ...
... thought upon the subject.'1 BOSWELL . ' I suppose , Sir , he has thought superficially , and seized the first notions which occurred to his mind . ' JOHNSON . ' Why then , Sir , still he is like a dog , that snatches the piece next him ...
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