The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... mentioned , Johnson remarked , that almost all of that celebrated nobleman's witty sayings were puns . He , however , allowed the merit of good wit to his Lordship's saying of Lord Tyrawley and himself , when both very old and infirm ...
... mentioned , Johnson remarked , that almost all of that celebrated nobleman's witty sayings were puns . He , however , allowed the merit of good wit to his Lordship's saying of Lord Tyrawley and himself , when both very old and infirm ...
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... mentioned to me this day many circumstances , which I wrote down when I went home , and have interwoven in the former part of this narrative . On Tuesday , April 13 , he and Dr. Goldsmith and I dined at General Oglethorpe's . Goldsmith ...
... mentioned to me this day many circumstances , which I wrote down when I went home , and have interwoven in the former part of this narrative . On Tuesday , April 13 , he and Dr. Goldsmith and I dined at General Oglethorpe's . Goldsmith ...
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... mentioned ; -JOHN- son : " I remember being present when he shewed himself to be so corrupted , or at least something so different from what I think right , as to maintain , that a member of Parliament should go along with his party ...
... mentioned ; -JOHN- son : " I remember being present when he shewed himself to be so corrupted , or at least something so different from what I think right , as to maintain , that a member of Parliament should go along with his party ...
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... mentioned by their mythological names , as in Juvenal ; but when they are mentioned in plain language , the application of the epithets suggested by me is the most obvious ; and accordingly my friend him- self , in his imitation of the ...
... mentioned by their mythological names , as in Juvenal ; but when they are mentioned in plain language , the application of the epithets suggested by me is the most obvious ; and accordingly my friend him- self , in his imitation of the ...
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... mentioned the simplicity which that kind of composition requires , and observed , that in most fables the animals introduced seldom talk in character . " For instance , " said he , " the fable of the little fishes , who saw birds fly ...
... mentioned the simplicity which that kind of composition requires , and observed , that in most fables the animals introduced seldom talk in character . " For instance , " said he , " the fable of the little fishes , who saw birds fly ...
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