The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... conversation ; for he him- self has published it in his life of Hammond , where he says , " the manuscript of Shiels is now in my possession . " Very probably he had trusted to Shiels's word , and never looked at it so as to compare it ...
... conversation ; for he him- self has published it in his life of Hammond , where he says , " the manuscript of Shiels is now in my possession . " Very probably he had trusted to Shiels's word , and never looked at it so as to compare it ...
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... conversation with which his majesty had honoured him . He expatiated a little more on them this evening . " The Monthly re- viewers , " said he , " are not deists ; but they are christians , with as little christianity as may be ; and ...
... conversation with which his majesty had honoured him . He expatiated a little more on them this evening . " The Monthly re- viewers , " said he , " are not deists ; but they are christians , with as little christianity as may be ; and ...
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... conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is such a cloud of words sometimes , that the sense can hardly peep through ...
... conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is such a cloud of words sometimes , that the sense can hardly peep through ...
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... conversation and benevolence . Sir Joshua maintained it did . JOHNSON . " No , sir : before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority , have the modesty not to talk . When ...
... conversation and benevolence . Sir Joshua maintained it did . JOHNSON . " No , sir : before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority , have the modesty not to talk . When ...
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... conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ; as there are fruits which are not good till they are rotten . There are such men , but they are medlars . I indeed allow that there have been ...
... conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ; as there are fruits which are not good till they are rotten . There are such men , but they are medlars . I indeed allow that there have been ...
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