 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 406 páginas
...occasions, he was an exact computer, and knew the minutes required to every common operation. ,• V It may be justly supposed that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in feig Letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 páginas
...did not, however, claim the right of talking alone; for it was his rule, when he had spoken a minute, to give room by a pause for any other speaker. Of...knew the minutes required to every common operation. Of Swift's general habits of thinking, if his letters can be supposed to afford any evidence, he was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 506 páginas
...something to give." One observation which Johnson makes in Swift's life, should be often inculcated : " It may be justly supposed,, that there was in his...letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality, sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 412 páginas
...not, however, claim the right of talking alone ; for it was his rule, when he had spoken a minute, to give room by a pause for any other speaker. Of...Letters, an affectation of familiarity with the Great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 páginas
...did not, however, claim the right of talking alone; for it was his rule, when he had spoken a minute, to give room by a pause for any other speaker. Of...Letters, an affectation of familiarity with the Great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 410 páginas
...did not, however, claim the right of talking alone; for it was his rule, when he had spoken a minute, to give room by a pause for any other speaker. Of...appears so frequently in his Letters, ! an affectation qfjamiliarity with-the Great, an ambition ofmomentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 páginas
...not, however, claim the right of talking alone ; for it was his rule, when he had spoken a minute, to give room by a pause for any other speaker. Of...letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 páginas
...not, however, claim the right of talking alone ; for it was his rule, when he had spoken a minute, to give room, by a pause, for any other speaker. Of...letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 páginas
...observation which Johnson makes in Swift's Life should be often inculcated : " It may * See page 897. FF 2 be justly supposed, that there was in his conversation...letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality, sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 532 páginas
...of talking alone; for it was his rule, when he had spoken a minute, to give room by a pause for nn.t other speaker. Of time, on all occasions, he was an...computer, and knew the minutes required to every common opera|jpn. It may be justly supposed that there was in his conversation what appears so frequently... | |
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It may be justly supposed that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in his letters^ an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom... 
