Essays on Social Subjects: From the Saturday ReviewW. Blackwood and Sons, 1864 - 305 páginas |
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... Dr Johnson , the great master of the art , turned upon one of his flatterers : " Sir , you have but two topics - your- self and me . I am sick of both . " They go right at the offence against taste , sense , or propriety , as it may be ...
... Dr Johnson , the great master of the art , turned upon one of his flatterers : " Sir , you have but two topics - your- self and me . I am sick of both . " They go right at the offence against taste , sense , or propriety , as it may be ...
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... Dr Johnson lived in our time , he would consider himself not understood — an idea , as far as we can see , that never once entered his head , after the world took him up ; and we have no doubt that this conviction would have hampered ...
... Dr Johnson lived in our time , he would consider himself not understood — an idea , as far as we can see , that never once entered his head , after the world took him up ; and we have no doubt that this conviction would have hampered ...
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... Dr Johnson , " confirm old Meynell's observation For anything I see , foreigners are fools ' ? " And an old lady , lamenting the disappearance of wigs , found very presentable arguments in proof of her assertion , that , " Now all men ...
... Dr Johnson , " confirm old Meynell's observation For anything I see , foreigners are fools ' ? " And an old lady , lamenting the disappearance of wigs , found very presentable arguments in proof of her assertion , that , " Now all men ...
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... Dr Johnson's diary where he resolves " to attend the sermon unless attention be more troublesome than useful ; " for at any rate it implied that attention was an effort . Most people assume that nothing is easier than to fix the ...
... Dr Johnson's diary where he resolves " to attend the sermon unless attention be more troublesome than useful ; " for at any rate it implied that attention was an effort . Most people assume that nothing is easier than to fix the ...
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... Dr Johnson , and described the " brown trades- man's wig " with a memory that could still recall the uncouth figure . Here , then , was a man who had actually seen Johnson , who in his turn had seen Queen Anne . From a Stuart we seemed ...
... Dr Johnson , and described the " brown trades- man's wig " with a memory that could still recall the uncouth figure . Here , then , was a man who had actually seen Johnson , who in his turn had seen Queen Anne . From a Stuart we seemed ...
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acquaintances action Adam Bede ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON amused attention Author character Charles Lamb choice cloth conscious constancy contempt course Crown 8vo DAVID PAGE disagreeable things doubt Dr Johnson dull dulness Engravings experience expression eyes fact false shame Fcap feeling folly fool foolish friends friendship GEORGE ELIOT give habit heart History hugger-mugger human idea ignorance indulge influence instinct intercourse interest JOHN GALT JOHN HILL BURTON JOHN TULLOCH judgment labour live look means memory ment mind mistakes moral motives nature never notion ourselves pain perhaps persons pleasure prejudices Professor qualities realise reason recognise reserve SAMUEL WARREN scenes Scotland SCOTT BURN Second Edition sense shirk SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON snub social society sort spirit stand sure sympathy talk taste tell temper THOMAS AIRD thought tion truth vanity vols weak wise words
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