The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... , having sometimes made his con- versation seem too desultory , Johnson observed , " Ogle- thorpe , sir , never completes what he has to say . " He on the same account made a similar remark on 44 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... , having sometimes made his con- versation seem too desultory , Johnson observed , " Ogle- thorpe , sir , never completes what he has to say . " He on the same account made a similar remark on 44 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell. He on the same account made a similar remark on Patrick lord Elibank : " Sir , there is nothing conclusive in his talk . " When I complained of having dined at a splendid table without hearing one sentence of conversation ...
James Boswell. He on the same account made a similar remark on Patrick lord Elibank : " Sir , there is nothing conclusive in his talk . " When I complained of having dined at a splendid table without hearing one sentence of conversation ...
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... remark : Each might his several province well command , Would all but stoop to what they understand . ” BOSWELL . " And his plays are good . " JOHNSON . " Yes ; but that was his trade ; l'esprit du corps ; ' he had been all his life ...
... remark : Each might his several province well command , Would all but stoop to what they understand . ” BOSWELL . " And his plays are good . " JOHNSON . " Yes ; but that was his trade ; l'esprit du corps ; ' he had been all his life ...
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... remarked , that , " among all the bold flights of Shakespeare's imagination , the boldest was making Birnam wood march to ... remark of The mountain nymph , sweet Liberty , ' being worshipped in all hilly countries . " - " When I was at ...
... remarked , that , " among all the bold flights of Shakespeare's imagination , the boldest was making Birnam wood march to ... remark of The mountain nymph , sweet Liberty , ' being worshipped in all hilly countries . " - " When I was at ...
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... not become me to expatiate on this strong and pointed remark , in which a very great deal of meaning is condensed . — BoswELL . VOL . III . F versation with me , waggishly insisted , that all the ÆTAT . 67. ] € 5 DR . JOHNSON .
... not become me to expatiate on this strong and pointed remark , in which a very great deal of meaning is condensed . — BoswELL . VOL . III . F versation with me , waggishly insisted , that all the ÆTAT . 67. ] € 5 DR . JOHNSON .
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