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... wonderful frankness and can- dour , and would even criticise them with the closest severity . One day , having read over one of his Ramblers , Mr. Langton asked him , how he liked that paper ; he shook his head , and answered , ' too ...
... wonderful frankness and can- dour , and would even criticise them with the closest severity . One day , having read over one of his Ramblers , Mr. Langton asked him , how he liked that paper ; he shook his head , and answered , ' too ...
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... wonderful powers of Johnson . Mr. Lang- ton recollects having passed an evening with both of them , when Mr. Burke repeatedly entered upon to- picks which it was evident he would have illustrated with extensive knowledge and richness of ...
... wonderful powers of Johnson . Mr. Lang- ton recollects having passed an evening with both of them , when Mr. Burke repeatedly entered upon to- picks which it was evident he would have illustrated with extensive knowledge and richness of ...
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... wonderful in- deed ! 5 " He observed once , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , that a beggar in the street will more readily ask alms from a man , though there should be no marks of wealth in his appearance , than from even a well- dressed ...
... wonderful in- deed ! 5 " He observed once , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , that a beggar in the street will more readily ask alms from a man , though there should be no marks of wealth in his appearance , than from even a well- dressed ...
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... wonderful ; indeed his labours have proved it to the world ; and all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance can bear testi- mony to the frankness of his communications in pri- vate society . It is not my intention to dwell upon each ...
... wonderful ; indeed his labours have proved it to the world ; and all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance can bear testi- mony to the frankness of his communications in pri- vate society . It is not my intention to dwell upon each ...
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... wonderful man . JOHNSON . " No , Sir , you would not be safe , if another man had a mind per- versely to contradict . He might answer , ' Where is all the wonder ? Burke is , to be sure , a man of un- common abilities , with a great ...
... wonderful man . JOHNSON . " No , Sir , you would not be safe , if another man had a mind per- versely to contradict . He might answer , ' Where is all the wonder ? Burke is , to be sure , a man of un- common abilities , with a great ...
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