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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... Speaking of a dull , tiresome fellow , whom he chanced to meet , he said , ' That fellow seems to me to possess but ... speak ill of any man behind his back , but he believed the gentleman was an attorney . ' " He spoke with much ...
... Speaking of a dull , tiresome fellow , whom he chanced to meet , he said , ' That fellow seems to me to possess but ... speak ill of any man behind his back , but he believed the gentleman was an attorney . ' " He spoke with much ...
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... speak in the Society of Arts and Manufactures , but " had found he could not get on . " 1 From Mr. William Gerard Hamilton I have heard , that Johnson , when observing to him that it was prudent for a man who had not been accustomed to ...
... speak in the Society of Arts and Manufactures , but " had found he could not get on . " 1 From Mr. William Gerard Hamilton I have heard , that Johnson , when observing to him that it was prudent for a man who had not been accustomed to ...
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... speak- ing Latin . It was a maxim with him that a man should not let himself down , by speaking a language which he speaks imperfectly . Indeed , we must have often observed how inferior , how much like a child a man appears , who ...
... speak- ing Latin . It was a maxim with him that a man should not let himself down , by speaking a language which he speaks imperfectly . Indeed , we must have often observed how inferior , how much like a child a man appears , who ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2 James Boswell,Samuel Johnson Visualização integral - 1791 |
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