The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 4Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... conversations which form the most valuable part of the ensuing pages are correctly related . To them , therefore , I wish to appeal , for the accuracy of the portrait here exhibited to the world . " As one of those who were intimately ...
... conversations which form the most valuable part of the ensuing pages are correctly related . To them , therefore , I wish to appeal , for the accuracy of the portrait here exhibited to the world . " As one of those who were intimately ...
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... Conversation . - Change of Manners . Smoking . The Union . St. Rule's - Knox . · Retirement from the World . ― - Writing and Drinking and Chapel . - John Dinner with the Professors . Subscription of Articles . — Latin Grace . Sharp's ...
... Conversation . - Change of Manners . Smoking . The Union . St. Rule's - Knox . · Retirement from the World . ― - Writing and Drinking and Chapel . - John Dinner with the Professors . Subscription of Articles . — Latin Grace . Sharp's ...
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... conversation ; for he owned he sometimes talked for victory ; he was too con- scientious to make error permanent and pernicious , by deliberately writing it . He was conscious of his superiority . He loved praise when it was brought to ...
... conversation ; for he owned he sometimes talked for victory ; he was too con- scientious to make error permanent and pernicious , by deliberately writing it . He was conscious of his superiority . He loved praise when it was brought to ...
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... conversation . Lord Pem- broke said once to me at Wilton , with a happy pleasantry , and some truth , that " Dr. Johnson's sayings would not appear so extraordinary , were it not for his bow - wow way . " But I admit the truth of this ...
... conversation . Lord Pem- broke said once to me at Wilton , with a happy pleasantry , and some truth , that " Dr. Johnson's sayings would not appear so extraordinary , were it not for his bow - wow way . " But I admit the truth of this ...
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... conversation , he never gave way to such habits , which proves that they were not involun- tary . " I still , however , think , that these gestures were invo- luntary ; for surely , had not that been the case , he would have restrained ...
... conversation , he never gave way to such habits , which proves that they were not involun- tary . " I still , however , think , that these gestures were invo- luntary ; for surely , had not that been the case , he would have restrained ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volum 4 James Boswell Visualització completa - 1839 |
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