The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 3Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... conversation I have been at great pains to collect with the utmost authenticity from Dr. Johnson's own detail to myself ; from Mr. Langton who was present when he gave an account of it to Dr. Joseph Warton , and several other friends ...
... conversation I have been at great pains to collect with the utmost authenticity from Dr. Johnson's own detail to myself ; from Mr. Langton who was present when he gave an account of it to Dr. Joseph Warton , and several other friends ...
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... conversation , and gracious behaviour . He said to Mr. Barnard , " Sir , they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen . " And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners are ...
... conversation , and gracious behaviour . He said to Mr. Barnard , " Sir , they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen . " And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners are ...
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... conversation usually threatened and announced more than it performed ; that he fed you with a continual renovation of hope , to end in a con- stant succession of disappointment . " When exasperated by contradiction , he was apt to treat ...
... conversation usually threatened and announced more than it performed ; that he fed you with a continual renovation of hope , to end in a con- stant succession of disappointment . " When exasperated by contradiction , he was apt to treat ...
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