The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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... remarked , that he neither wanted parts nor literature ; but that his vanity and Quixotism obscured his merits . 66 He said , foppery was never cured ; it was the bad stamina of the mind , which , like those of the body , were never ...
... remarked , that he neither wanted parts nor literature ; but that his vanity and Quixotism obscured his merits . 66 He said , foppery was never cured ; it was the bad stamina of the mind , which , like those of the body , were never ...
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... remarks ; but he died at Mandoa , and his remarks were lost . ' 77 We talked of gaming , and animadverted on it with severity . JOHN- SON : " Nay , gentlemen , let us not aggravate the matter . It is not roguery to play with a man who ...
... remarks ; but he died at Mandoa , and his remarks were lost . ' 77 We talked of gaming , and animadverted on it with severity . JOHN- SON : " Nay , gentlemen , let us not aggravate the matter . It is not roguery to play with a man who ...
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... remark introduced into Captain Brydone's entertaining tour , I hope heedlessly , from a kind of vanity which is too common in those who have not sufficiently studied the most important of all subjects . Dr. Johnson , indeed , had said ...
... remark introduced into Captain Brydone's entertaining tour , I hope heedlessly , from a kind of vanity which is too common in those who have not sufficiently studied the most important of all subjects . Dr. Johnson , indeed , had said ...
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Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
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