The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 63
... attention for a moment to litera- ture , and will not prolong the interruption by an apology which your character makes needless . " Mr. Hoole , a gentleman long known and long es- teemed in the India - house , after having translated ...
... attention for a moment to litera- ture , and will not prolong the interruption by an apology which your character makes needless . " Mr. Hoole , a gentleman long known and long es- teemed in the India - house , after having translated ...
Page 67
... attention : you must say the same thing over and over again , in different words . If you say it but once , they miss it in a moment of inattention . It is unjust , sir , to censure lawyers for multiplying words when they argue ; it is ...
... attention : you must say the same thing over and over again , in different words . If you say it but once , they miss it in a moment of inattention . It is unjust , sir , to censure lawyers for multiplying words when they argue ; it is ...
Page 76
... attention to his widow and children as long as it was ac- ceptable : and he took upon him , with a very earnest con- cern , the office of one of his executors , the importance of which seemed greater than usual to him , from his circum ...
... attention to his widow and children as long as it was ac- ceptable : and he took upon him , with a very earnest con- cern , the office of one of his executors , the importance of which seemed greater than usual to him , from his circum ...
Page 81
... attention fails , and you miss a part of the lecture , it is lost ; you cannot go back , as you do upon a book . " Dr. Scott agreed with him . " But yet , " said I , " Dr. Scott , you yourself gave lectures at Oxford . " He smiled . You ...
... attention fails , and you miss a part of the lecture , it is lost ; you cannot go back , as you do upon a book . " Dr. Scott agreed with him . " But yet , " said I , " Dr. Scott , you yourself gave lectures at Oxford . " He smiled . You ...
Page 83
... attention , Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Hall were both together striving to answer him . He grew angry , and called out loudly , " Nay , when you both speak at once , it is intolerable . " But checking himself , and soften- ing , he said ...
... attention , Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Hall were both together striving to answer him . He grew angry , and called out loudly , " Nay , when you both speak at once , it is intolerable . " But checking himself , and soften- ing , he said ...
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