The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... known for her elegant assemblies , and bring- ing eminent characters together . The interview proved to be mutually agreeable . I am well informed , that Warburton said of Johnson , " I admire him , but I cannot bear his style : " and ...
... known for her elegant assemblies , and bring- ing eminent characters together . The interview proved to be mutually agreeable . I am well informed , that Warburton said of Johnson , " I admire him , but I cannot bear his style : " and ...
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... known to excel in conversation , Johnson observes , that " traditional memory retains no sallies of raillery , or sentences of observation ; nothing either pointed or solid , wise or merry ; and that one apophthegm only is recorded ...
... known to excel in conversation , Johnson observes , that " traditional memory retains no sallies of raillery , or sentences of observation ; nothing either pointed or solid , wise or merry ; and that one apophthegm only is recorded ...
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... known to posterity . " This will not apply to lord Mansfield , who was not ennobled in Pope's lifetime ; but Johnson should have recollected , that lord Marchmont was one of those noble friends . He includes his lordship along with lord ...
... known to posterity . " This will not apply to lord Mansfield , who was not ennobled in Pope's lifetime ; but Johnson should have recollected , that lord Marchmont was one of those noble friends . He includes his lordship along with lord ...
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... known influence has so many [ more ] petitions [ than ] which he [ can ] cannot grant , that he must necessarily offend more than he [ can gratify ] gratifies . " Ecclesiastical [ preferments ] benefices . " Swift [ procured ] contrived ...
... known influence has so many [ more ] petitions [ than ] which he [ can ] cannot grant , that he must necessarily offend more than he [ can gratify ] gratifies . " Ecclesiastical [ preferments ] benefices . " Swift [ procured ] contrived ...
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... known here , either to artificers or philosophers . Of the natural productions , animate and inanimate , we yet have so little intelligence , that our books are filled , I fear , with conjectures about things which an Indian peasant ...
... known here , either to artificers or philosophers . Of the natural productions , animate and inanimate , we yet have so little intelligence , that our books are filled , I fear , with conjectures about things which an Indian peasant ...
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