Life of Johnson, Volúmenes1-2Oxford University Press, 1942 |
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... talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be prudently ...
... talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be prudently ...
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... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to con- trovert what I have related ? ' Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to con- trovert what I have related ? ' Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
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... talked of another mode in the newspapers of giving modern characters in sentences from the classicks , and of the passage ' Parcus deorum cultor , et infrequens , Insanientis dum sapientiæ Consultus erro , nunc retrorsùm Vela dare ...
... talked of another mode in the newspapers of giving modern characters in sentences from the classicks , and of the passage ' Parcus deorum cultor , et infrequens , Insanientis dum sapientiæ Consultus erro , nunc retrorsùm Vela dare ...
Contenido
DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
Términos y frases comunes
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