The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 75
... remark . What , sir , " said he , " talk thus of a man of liberal education : —a man who for years was at the university of Oxford : -a man who has added sixteen new characters to the English drama of his country ! " - Boswell . " I ...
... remark . What , sir , " said he , " talk thus of a man of liberal education : —a man who for years was at the university of Oxford : -a man who has added sixteen new characters to the English drama of his country ! " - Boswell . " I ...
Page 88
... remark , that when upon any occa- sion Johnson had been rough to any person in company , he took the first opportunity of reconciliation , by drinking to him , or addressing his discourse to him ; but if he found his dignified indirect ...
... remark , that when upon any occa- sion Johnson had been rough to any person in company , he took the first opportunity of reconciliation , by drinking to him , or addressing his discourse to him ; but if he found his dignified indirect ...
Page 93
... remarks of your own upon that or any other play , I shall gladly re- ceive them . 66 Make my compliments to Mrs. Warton . I sometimes think of wandering for a few days to Winchester , but am apt to delay . " I am , sir , " Your most ...
... remarks of your own upon that or any other play , I shall gladly re- ceive them . 66 Make my compliments to Mrs. Warton . I sometimes think of wandering for a few days to Winchester , but am apt to delay . " I am , sir , " Your most ...
Page 99
... remarked , there had been some good Irish writers , and that one Irishman might at least aspire to be equal to another . He had great com- passion for the miseries and distresses of the Irish nation , particularly the papists ; and ...
... remarked , there had been some good Irish writers , and that one Irishman might at least aspire to be equal to another . He had great com- passion for the miseries and distresses of the Irish nation , particularly the papists ; and ...
Page 100
... remark- able for her humility and condescension to inferiours , he ob- served , that those were very laudable qualities , but it might not be so easy to discover who the lady's inferiours were . " Of a certain player he remarked , that ...
... remark- able for her humility and condescension to inferiours , he ob- served , that those were very laudable qualities , but it might not be so easy to discover who the lady's inferiours were . " Of a certain player he remarked , that ...
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