The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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James Boswell. cause his real opinion is then required . Or , if he has other daughters who know of her frailty , he ought not to keep her in his house . You are to consider the state of life is this ; we are to judge of one another's ...
James Boswell. cause his real opinion is then required . Or , if he has other daughters who know of her frailty , he ought not to keep her in his house . You are to consider the state of life is this ; we are to judge of one another's ...
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... opinion which his indolent disposition made him utter , " No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money . " Numerous instances to refute this will occur to all who are versed in the history of literature . He gave us one of the ...
... opinion which his indolent disposition made him utter , " No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money . " Numerous instances to refute this will occur to all who are versed in the history of literature . He gave us one of the ...
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... opinions which he was sensible were wrong , but in supporting which , his reasoning and wit would be most ... opinion what- ever was delivered with an air of confidence ; so that there was hardly any topick , if not one of the ...
... opinions which he was sensible were wrong , but in supporting which , his reasoning and wit would be most ... opinion what- ever was delivered with an air of confidence ; so that there was hardly any topick , if not one of the ...
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... opinion Johnson maintains , I will not say that he convinces me ; but he never fails to show me that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in lord Eli- bank's company ...
... opinion Johnson maintains , I will not say that he convinces me ; but he never fails to show me that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in lord Eli- bank's company ...
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... opinion , that " Akenside was a superiour poet both to Gray and Mason . " Talking of the reviews , Johnson said ... opinions concerning the Monthly and Critical Reviews would not be accurate now , 1803. - BLAKEWAY . The Monthly Review ...
... opinion , that " Akenside was a superiour poet both to Gray and Mason . " Talking of the reviews , Johnson said ... opinions concerning the Monthly and Critical Reviews would not be accurate now , 1803. - BLAKEWAY . The Monthly Review ...
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