The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... JOHN- SON . Yes , sir , and so are very many by other kinds of expense . " I had heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he ...
... JOHN- SON . Yes , sir , and so are very many by other kinds of expense . " I had heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he ...
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... the world where the misery of want in the lowest classes of the people was prevented . JOHN- Nunquam enim nisi navi plena tollo vectorem . Lib . II . c . vi . SON . " I believe , sir , there is ÆTAT . 67. ] 21 DR . JOHNSON .
... the world where the misery of want in the lowest classes of the people was prevented . JOHN- Nunquam enim nisi navi plena tollo vectorem . Lib . II . c . vi . SON . " I believe , sir , there is ÆTAT . 67. ] 21 DR . JOHNSON .
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... JOHN- SON . Garrick , sir , was not in earnest in what he said ; for , to be sure , his peculiar excellence is his variety : and , perhaps , there is not any one character which has not been as well acted by somebody else , as he could ...
... JOHN- SON . Garrick , sir , was not in earnest in what he said ; for , to be sure , his peculiar excellence is his variety : and , perhaps , there is not any one character which has not been as well acted by somebody else , as he could ...
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... JOHN- Sir , if it had not been for the art of printing , we should now have no learning at all ; for books would have perished faster than they could have been transcribed . " This observation seems not just , considering for how many ...
... JOHN- Sir , if it had not been for the art of printing , we should now have no learning at all ; for books would have perished faster than they could have been transcribed . " This observation seems not just , considering for how many ...
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... in his heart to pour out a bottle of wine ; but he would not much care if it should sour . " He said , he wished to see John Dennis's critical works collected . Davies said they would not sell . Dr. 32 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... in his heart to pour out a bottle of wine ; but he would not much care if it should sour . " He said , he wished to see John Dennis's critical works collected . Davies said they would not sell . Dr. 32 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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