The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory 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 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 |
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... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON . " Why , to be sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not ...
... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON . " Why , to be sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not ...
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... observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this ...
... observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this ...
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... observed to him that he sup- posed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life , but having fallen into ill health , he had not been ...
... observed to him that he sup- posed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life , but having fallen into ill health , he had not been ...
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... observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . " Ay , ( said the King , ) they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
... observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . " Ay , ( said the King , ) they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
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... observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Lewis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second . " At Sir Joshua Reynolds's , where a circle of John- son's friends was collected round him to ...
... observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Lewis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second . " At Sir Joshua Reynolds's , where a circle of John- son's friends was collected round him to ...
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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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