Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected ' . Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another mode was necessary , in ...
... common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected ' . Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another mode was necessary , in ...
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... common among Englishmen towards strangers : ' Sir , ( said he , ) two men of any other nation who are shewn into a room together , at a house where they are both visitors , will immediately find some conversation . But two Eng- lishmen ...
... common among Englishmen towards strangers : ' Sir , ( said he , ) two men of any other nation who are shewn into a room together , at a house where they are both visitors , will immediately find some conversation . But two Eng- lishmen ...
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... common ; but it is certain that solidity is encreased by putting something BOSWELL . But may not solids swell and be dis- tended ? ' JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir , they may swell and be dis- tended ; but that is not fat . ' We talked of the ...
... common ; but it is certain that solidity is encreased by putting something BOSWELL . But may not solids swell and be dis- tended ? ' JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir , they may swell and be dis- tended ; but that is not fat . ' We talked of the ...
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