The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 138
... talk- ing about the writing of fables , how it was necessary to make the animals talk in character , to make little fishes talk like little fishes , Johnson shook his sides with laughter . ' Why , Dr Johnson , ' he said smartly and ...
... talk- ing about the writing of fables , how it was necessary to make the animals talk in character , to make little fishes talk like little fishes , Johnson shook his sides with laughter . ' Why , Dr Johnson , ' he said smartly and ...
Page 160
... talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed . ' He had little patience with those whom he deemed incapable of keeping up an argument against him . ' Sir , you don't see your way through that question , ' he would say ...
... talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed . ' He had little patience with those whom he deemed incapable of keeping up an argument against him . ' Sir , you don't see your way through that question , ' he would say ...
Page 167
... talk he would not listen to . When Charles James Fox was expatiating one day upon the Catiline conspiracy , he withdrew his attention and ' thought about Tom Thumb ' . Nor could he often be persuaded to talk about politics . ' Sir ...
... talk he would not listen to . When Charles James Fox was expatiating one day upon the Catiline conspiracy , he withdrew his attention and ' thought about Tom Thumb ' . Nor could he often be persuaded to talk about politics . ' Sir ...
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