Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... less valued as not being rare . ' JOHN- SON . Nay , Sir , wherever a particular character or profession is high in the estimation of a people , those who are of it will be valued above other men . We value an Englishman highly in this ...
... less valued as not being rare . ' JOHN- SON . Nay , Sir , wherever a particular character or profession is high in the estimation of a people , those who are of it will be valued above other men . We value an Englishman highly in this ...
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... less learning than in some colleges . ' Ib . p . 179. ' The tutors give what are called lectures . The boys construe a classic , the jolly young tutor lolls in his elbow - chair , and seldom gives himself the trouble of interrupting the ...
... less learning than in some colleges . ' Ib . p . 179. ' The tutors give what are called lectures . The boys construe a classic , the jolly young tutor lolls in his elbow - chair , and seldom gives himself the trouble of interrupting the ...
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... less of the one , as well as of the other , in proportion to the force of law . All men will naturally commit fornication , as all men will naturally steal . And , Sir , it is very absurd to argue , as has been often done , that ...
... less of the one , as well as of the other , in proportion to the force of law . All men will naturally commit fornication , as all men will naturally steal . And , Sir , it is very absurd to argue , as has been often done , that ...
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... less pleasing than surprising . I remember he once observed to me , ' It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener ...
... less pleasing than surprising . I remember he once observed to me , ' It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener ...
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... less to live upon for every word we speak . ' Jeremy Taylor's Holy Dying , ch . i . sec . I. On this day Johnson sent the following application for rooms in Hampton Court to the Lord Cham- berlain : - ' MY LORD , Being wholly unknown to ...
... less to live upon for every word we speak . ' Jeremy Taylor's Holy Dying , ch . i . sec . I. On this day Johnson sent the following application for rooms in Hampton Court to the Lord Cham- berlain : - ' MY LORD , Being wholly unknown to ...
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acquaintance Aetat afterwards Anec ante April April 15 Ashbourne asked authour Baretti Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers Boswell's Hebrides Burke Burney called character conversation Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Dodd doubt drink edition English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour hope Horace Walpole House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson wrote kind lady Langton learning Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Mansfield Madam Malone March 20 Memoirs mentioned mind never observed once opinion passage Percy perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased pleasure poem Poets Pope praise publick published Reynolds SAMUEL JOHNSON says Scotland Sept sermon shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talk Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told travelling truth Whig Wilkes wine wish words write