The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 13
... perhaps to turn over leaf by leaf ' , he was told , ' but grasp the trunk hard and you will shake all the branches ' . He was also advised ' to dispute no man's claim to conversational excellence ' , not to be over - determined to win ...
... perhaps to turn over leaf by leaf ' , he was told , ' but grasp the trunk hard and you will shake all the branches ' . He was also advised ' to dispute no man's claim to conversational excellence ' , not to be over - determined to win ...
Page 104
... perhaps to drink it in a glass of hot red port , or to eat it first and drink the wine after it . If you mix cinnamon or nutmeg with the powder it were not worse , but it will be more bulky and so more troublesome . This is a medicine ...
... perhaps to drink it in a glass of hot red port , or to eat it first and drink the wine after it . If you mix cinnamon or nutmeg with the powder it were not worse , but it will be more bulky and so more troublesome . This is a medicine ...
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... Perhaps he had a kind of partiality for that country , because it was in the way to Italy , and perhaps their manners resembled the Italians . ' JOHNSON : ' No. He was the showman , and we did not like his show ; that was all the reason ...
... Perhaps he had a kind of partiality for that country , because it was in the way to Italy , and perhaps their manners resembled the Italians . ' JOHNSON : ' No. He was the showman , and we did not like his show ; that was all the reason ...
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