The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON . " Why , to be sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not ...
... observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have nobody worse than they are . JOHNSON . " Why , to be sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not ...
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... observed , " The ones . great difficulty is to know when you have made good When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and often ...
... observed , " The ones . great difficulty is to know when you have made good When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and often ...
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... observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this ...
... observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this ...
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... observed that Pope made Warburton a Bishop . " True , Sir , ( said Johnson , ) but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his inge- nious comments on the " Essay on Man . " were favoured by ...
... observed that Pope made Warburton a Bishop . " True , Sir , ( said Johnson , ) but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his inge- nious comments on the " Essay on Man . " were favoured by ...
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... observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . " Ay , ( said the King , ) they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
... observed that they had now a better method of arranging their materials than formerly . " Ay , ( said the King , ) they are obliged to Dr. Johnson for that ; " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson ...
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