The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 66
... common room , converse with him on subjects of importance . In one of these conversations , Johnson took occasion to remark on the human mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would frequently anticipate ...
... common room , converse with him on subjects of importance . In one of these conversations , Johnson took occasion to remark on the human mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would frequently anticipate ...
Page 68
... common than to mistake surnames , when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To prevent this , he used not only to pronounce them slowly and distinctly , but to take the trouble of spelling them ; a practice which I have ...
... common than to mistake surnames , when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To prevent this , he used not only to pronounce them slowly and distinctly , but to take the trouble of spelling them ; a practice which I have ...
Page 69
... common among Englishmen to- wards strangers : " Sir , " said he , " two men of any other nation who are shown into a room together , at a house where they are both visitors , will immediately find some conversation . But two Englishmen ...
... common among Englishmen to- wards strangers : " Sir , " said he , " two men of any other nation who are shown into a room together , at a house where they are both visitors , will immediately find some conversation . But two Englishmen ...
Page 70
... common acquisitions of important knowledge , how- ever much he might disapprove of other parts of his lordship's character , which were widely different from his own . Maurice Morgann , Esq . , author of the very inge- nious " Essay on ...
... common acquisitions of important knowledge , how- ever much he might disapprove of other parts of his lordship's character , which were widely different from his own . Maurice Morgann , Esq . , author of the very inge- nious " Essay on ...
Page 81
... common pomatum , and make it fragrant . The oil does not fly off in the drying . " BOSWELL . " I wish to have a good walled garden . " JOHNSON . " I don't think it would be worth the expense to you . We compute , in England , a park ...
... common pomatum , and make it fragrant . The oil does not fly off in the drying . " BOSWELL . " I wish to have a good walled garden . " JOHNSON . " I don't think it would be worth the expense to you . We compute , in England , a park ...
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