The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 8Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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Pàgina 94
... manner of doing it ; roughly , —and harshly . " JOHNSON . " And who is the worse for that ? " BOSWELL . " It hurts people of weak nerves . " JOHNSON . " I know no such weak - nerved peo- ple . " Mr. Burke , to whom I related this confer ...
... manner of doing it ; roughly , —and harshly . " JOHNSON . " And who is the worse for that ? " BOSWELL . " It hurts people of weak nerves . " JOHNSON . " I know no such weak - nerved peo- ple . " Mr. Burke , to whom I related this confer ...
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... manner , happened to say , " I don't understand you , Sir : " upon which Johnson observed , " Sir , I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding . " Talking to me of Horry Walpole , ( as Horace late ...
... manner , happened to say , " I don't understand you , Sir : " upon which Johnson observed , " Sir , I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding . " Talking to me of Horry Walpole , ( as Horace late ...
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... manner as may divert as well as instruct . " History of the Heathen Mythology , with an explication of the fables , both allegorical and historical ; with references to the poets . " History of the State of Venice , in a compendious manner ...
... manner as may divert as well as instruct . " History of the Heathen Mythology , with an explication of the fables , both allegorical and historical ; with references to the poets . " History of the State of Venice , in a compendious manner ...
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