The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 189
... Scotland ; and Johnson teased Boswell with all his former zest when it was suggested that the Scotch had made a ' great advancement ' in literature . ' Sir , you have learned a little from us , and you think yourselves very great men ...
... Scotland ; and Johnson teased Boswell with all his former zest when it was suggested that the Scotch had made a ' great advancement ' in literature . ' Sir , you have learned a little from us , and you think yourselves very great men ...
Page 275
... Scotland ? ' ' Why , Sir , the money may be spent in England , ' Johnson said . ' But there is a harder question . If one man in Scotland gets possession of two thousand pounds , what remains for all the rest of the nation ? ' Upon ...
... Scotland ? ' ' Why , Sir , the money may be spent in England , ' Johnson said . ' But there is a harder question . If one man in Scotland gets possession of two thousand pounds , what remains for all the rest of the nation ? ' Upon ...
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... Scotland , Madam , is only seeing a worse England , ' he told Mrs Thrale . ' It is seeing the flower gradually fade away to the naked stalk . ' Later , when he had praised the literary merits of George Buchanan , ' a Scotchman ...
... Scotland , Madam , is only seeing a worse England , ' he told Mrs Thrale . ' It is seeing the flower gradually fade away to the naked stalk . ' Later , when he had praised the literary merits of George Buchanan , ' a Scotchman ...
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