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... never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times , as is so common when superficial minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed , maintained its ...
... never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times , as is so common when superficial minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed , maintained its ...
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... never fails to shew me , that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the ...
... never fails to shew me , that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the ...
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... never felt that anxiety , but sent what we wrote to the press , and let it take its chance . " MRS . THRALE . " The time has been , Sir , when you felt it . " JOHNSON . " Why really , Madam , I do not recollect a time when that was the ...
... never felt that anxiety , but sent what we wrote to the press , and let it take its chance . " MRS . THRALE . " The time has been , Sir , when you felt it . " JOHNSON . " Why really , Madam , I do not recollect a time when that was the ...
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... never cured , ruined the sale of perhaps the only book , which being printed off [ published ] betimes one morning , a new edition was called for before night . ' " - ANECDOTES , p . 221.-M. ] a book , and feels an inclination to go on ...
... never cured , ruined the sale of perhaps the only book , which being printed off [ published ] betimes one morning , a new edition was called for before night . ' " - ANECDOTES , p . 221.-M. ] a book , and feels an inclination to go on ...
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... never lets truth stand between him and a jest , and he is some- times mighty coarse . Garrick is under many restraints from which Foote is free . " WILKES . " Garrick's wit is more like Lord Chesterfield's . " JOHNSON . " The first time ...
... never lets truth stand between him and a jest , and he is some- times mighty coarse . Garrick is under many restraints from which Foote is free . " WILKES . " Garrick's wit is more like Lord Chesterfield's . " JOHNSON . " The first time ...
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