The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3G. Bell, 1884 |
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... admirable ; and though he was strangely unwilling to allow to that extraordinary man the talent of wit , he also The anecdote is told in Menagiana , vol . iii . p . 104 , but not of a " maid of honour , " nor as an instance of ...
... admirable ; and though he was strangely unwilling to allow to that extraordinary man the talent of wit , he also The anecdote is told in Menagiana , vol . iii . p . 104 , but not of a " maid of honour , " nor as an instance of ...
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... admirable in this ; but , in order to mark the characters which he draws , he over- charges them , and gives people more than they really have , whether of good or bad . " No sooner did he , of whom we had been thus talking so easily ...
... admirable in this ; but , in order to mark the characters which he draws , he over- charges them , and gives people more than they really have , whether of good or bad . " No sooner did he , of whom we had been thus talking so easily ...
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... admirable speech in the House of Com- mons , which was highly applauded , but which he afterwards perceived might have been better ) , " that we are more uneasy from thinking of our wants , than happy in thinking of our ac- quisitions ...
... admirable speech in the House of Com- mons , which was highly applauded , but which he afterwards perceived might have been better ) , " that we are more uneasy from thinking of our wants , than happy in thinking of our ac- quisitions ...
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... admirable philosophical romance . He said , " Candide , " he thought , had more power in it than any thing that Voltaire had written . He said , " The lyrical part of Horace never can be perfectly translated ; so much of the excellence ...
... admirable philosophical romance . He said , " Candide , " he thought , had more power in it than any thing that Voltaire had written . He said , " The lyrical part of Horace never can be perfectly translated ; so much of the excellence ...
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... admirable strain of sympathy and pious consolation . TO DR . LAWRENCE . " Jan. 20 , 1780 . " DEAR SIR , " At a time when all your friends ought to show their kindness , and with a character which ought to make all that know you your ...
... admirable strain of sympathy and pious consolation . TO DR . LAWRENCE . " Jan. 20 , 1780 . " DEAR SIR , " At a time when all your friends ought to show their kindness , and with a character which ought to make all that know you your ...
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