The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Johnson maintains , I will not say that he convinces me ; but he never fails to show me that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in lord Eli- bank's company without ...
... Johnson maintains , I will not say that he convinces me ; but he never fails to show me that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in lord Eli- bank's company without ...
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... Johnson's , a barrister at law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissi- pated course of life , incompatible with that success in his profession which he once had , and would otherwise have deservedly maintained ; yet he still ...
... Johnson's , a barrister at law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissi- pated course of life , incompatible with that success in his profession which he once had , and would otherwise have deservedly maintained ; yet he still ...
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... Johnson of Mr. Murphy's having paid him the highest compliment that ever was paid to a layman , by asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supped this evening at the Crown and Anchor ...
... Johnson of Mr. Murphy's having paid him the highest compliment that ever was paid to a layman , by asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supped this evening at the Crown and Anchor ...
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... Johnson and he were at dinner in a gentle- man's house in London , upon lord Chesterfield's Letters being mentioned , Johnson surprised the company by this sentence : " Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal , than ...
... Johnson and he were at dinner in a gentle- man's house in London , upon lord Chesterfield's Letters being mentioned , Johnson surprised the company by this sentence : " Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal , than ...
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... Johnson as a middle quality , and you agree with me as a middle quality ; but Johnson and I should not agree . " Sir John was not sufficiently flexible ; so I desisted ; knowing , indeed , that the repul- sion was equally strong on the ...
... Johnson as a middle quality , and you agree with me as a middle quality ; but Johnson and I should not agree . " Sir John was not sufficiently flexible ; so I desisted ; knowing , indeed , that the repul- sion was equally strong on the ...
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