The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 41
... conversation during this period also , without specifying each scene where it passed , except one , which will be found so re- markable as certainly to deserve a very particular relation . Where the place or the persons do not ...
... conversation during this period also , without specifying each scene where it passed , except one , which will be found so re- markable as certainly to deserve a very particular relation . Where the place or the persons do not ...
Page 45
... conversation worthy of being remembered , he said , " Sir , there seldom is any such conversation . " BOSWELL . 66 Why then meet at table ? " JOHNSON . " Why to eat and drink together , and to pro- mote kindness ; and , sir , this is ...
... conversation worthy of being remembered , he said , " Sir , there seldom is any such conversation . " BOSWELL . 66 Why then meet at table ? " JOHNSON . " Why to eat and drink together , and to pro- mote kindness ; and , sir , this is ...
Page 60
... conversation , for he had kept the best company , and learnt all that can be got by the ear . He abused Pindar to me , and then showed me an ode of his own , with an absurd couplet , making a linnet soar on an eagle's wing " . I told ...
... conversation , for he had kept the best company , and learnt all that can be got by the ear . He abused Pindar to me , and then showed me an ode of his own , with an absurd couplet , making a linnet soar on an eagle's wing " . I told ...
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... Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary James Boswell. | 6 d р a а I V s th ...
... Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary James Boswell. | 6 d р a а I V s th ...
Page 69
... conversation , and various emendations were suggested , which it was agreed should be submitted to the doctor's consideration . - But the question was , who should have the courage to propose them to him ? At last it was hinted , that ...
... conversation , and various emendations were suggested , which it was agreed should be submitted to the doctor's consideration . - But the question was , who should have the courage to propose them to him ? At last it was hinted , that ...
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