The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 5Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary con- versation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary con- versation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
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... once the com- panion of the brilliant Colonel Forrester of the Guards , who wrote The Polite Philosopher , and of the aukward and uncouth Robert Levet ; of Lord Thurlow , and Mr. Sastres , the Italian master ; and has dined one day with ...
... once the com- panion of the brilliant Colonel Forrester of the Guards , who wrote The Polite Philosopher , and of the aukward and uncouth Robert Levet ; of Lord Thurlow , and Mr. Sastres , the Italian master ; and has dined one day with ...
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... once said to me , in a pleasant hu- mour , " Sir , if Robertson's style be faulty , he owes it to me ; that is , having too many words , and those too big ones . " I read to him a letter which Lord Monboddo had written to me ...
... once said to me , in a pleasant hu- mour , " Sir , if Robertson's style be faulty , he owes it to me ; that is , having too many words , and those too big ones . " I read to him a letter which Lord Monboddo had written to me ...
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