The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... give for the sneering jocularity of such as have no relish of an exact likeness ; which to render complete , he who draws it must not disdain the slightest strokes . But if witlings should be inclined to attack this account , let them ...
... give for the sneering jocularity of such as have no relish of an exact likeness ; which to render complete , he who draws it must not disdain the slightest strokes . But if witlings should be inclined to attack this account , let them ...
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... give this account of the rise of Mr. Thrale's father : " He worked at six shillings a week for twenty years in the great brewery , which afterwards was his own . The proprietor of it had an only daughter , who was married to a noble ...
... give this account of the rise of Mr. Thrale's father : " He worked at six shillings a week for twenty years in the great brewery , which afterwards was his own . The proprietor of it had an only daughter , who was married to a noble ...
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... give those flattering distinctions by which mankind are so universally capti- vated ? 1 Mrs. Burney informs me that she heard Dr. Johnson say , " An English merchant is a new species of gentleman . " He , perhaps , had in his mind the ...
... give those flattering distinctions by which mankind are so universally capti- vated ? 1 Mrs. Burney informs me that she heard Dr. Johnson say , " An English merchant is a new species of gentleman . " He , perhaps , had in his mind the ...
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... give a true state of the case from the authority of John- son himself in his own words . 66 I know no man , " said he , " who is more master of his wife and family than Thrale . If he but holds up a finger , he is obeyed . It is a great ...
... give a true state of the case from the authority of John- son himself in his own words . 66 I know no man , " said he , " who is more master of his wife and family than Thrale . If he but holds up a finger , he is obeyed . It is a great ...
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... give assistance to his friends , and others , in revising their works , and in writing for them , or greatly improving , their Dedications . In that courtly species of composition no man excelled Dr. Johnson . Though the loftiness of ...
... give assistance to his friends , and others , in revising their works , and in writing for them , or greatly improving , their Dedications . In that courtly species of composition no man excelled Dr. Johnson . Though the loftiness of ...
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Page 282 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." I argued warmly against the judges trading, and mentioned Hale as an instance of a perfect judge, who devoted himself entirely to his office. JoHNSON : " Hale, Sir, attended to other things beside law : he left a great estate.