Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... conversation , being convinced that this mode is more lively , and will make my readers better acquainted with him , than even most of those were who actually knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an ...
... conversation , being convinced that this mode is more lively , and will make my readers better acquainted with him , than even most of those were who actually knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an ...
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... conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of Mr ...
... conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents have been exerted in conversation , will best display his character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of Mr ...
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... conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ridicule , by men of superficial understanding and ludicrous fancy ; but I remain firm and confident in my opinion , that minute particulars are frequently charac ...
... conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ridicule , by men of superficial understanding and ludicrous fancy ; but I remain firm and confident in my opinion , that minute particulars are frequently charac ...
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... conversation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages , and said to her daughter , this is the most sensible man that I ever saw in my life . ' 6 Though Mrs. Porter was double the age of Johnson ' , and her person and manner ...
... conversation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages , and said to her daughter , this is the most sensible man that I ever saw in my life . ' 6 Though Mrs. Porter was double the age of Johnson ' , and her person and manner ...
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... conversation , such thoughts were sure to rush into his mind ; and , for this reason , any com- pany , any employment whatever , he preferred to being alone . The great business of his life ( he said ) was to escape from himself ; this ...
... conversation , such thoughts were sure to rush into his mind ; and , for this reason , any com- pany , any employment whatever , he preferred to being alone . The great business of his life ( he said ) was to escape from himself ; this ...
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