The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... sure in contradiction , especially when any opinion what- ever was delivered with an air of confidence ; so that there was hardly any topick , if not one of the great truths of re- ligion and morality , that he might not have been ...
... sure in contradiction , especially when any opinion what- ever was delivered with an air of confidence ; so that there was hardly any topick , if not one of the great truths of re- ligion and morality , that he might not have been ...
Page 22
... sure ; but it is not a great disappointment . " I wondered to see him bear , with a philosophical calmness , what would have made most people peevish and fretful . I perceived , however , that he had so warmly cherished the hope of ...
... sure ; but it is not a great disappointment . " I wondered to see him bear , with a philosophical calmness , what would have made most people peevish and fretful . I perceived , however , that he had so warmly cherished the hope of ...
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... sure , his peculiar excellence is his variety : and , perhaps , there is not any one character which has not been as well acted by somebody else , as he could do it . " Bos- WELL . " Why then , sir , did he talk so ? " JOHNSON . Why ...
... sure , his peculiar excellence is his variety : and , perhaps , there is not any one character which has not been as well acted by somebody else , as he could do it . " Bos- WELL . " Why then , sir , did he talk so ? " JOHNSON . Why ...
Page 33
... sure that moderate drinking makes people talk better . " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; wine gives not light , gay , ideal hilarity ; but tumultuous , noisy , clamorous merriment . I have heard none of those drunken , -nay , drunken is a coarse ...
... sure that moderate drinking makes people talk better . " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; wine gives not light , gay , ideal hilarity ; but tumultuous , noisy , clamorous merriment . I have heard none of those drunken , -nay , drunken is a coarse ...
Page 34
... it was wanted , and he had fairly sat down to it , he was sure it would be done . " He said , that for general improvement , a man should read whatever his immediate inclination prompts him to ; though 34 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... it was wanted , and he had fairly sat down to it , he was sure it would be done . " He said , that for general improvement , a man should read whatever his immediate inclination prompts him to ; though 34 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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