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... conversation in the royal library one morning . Johnson said that he thought he had already done his part as a writer . ' I should have thought so too ' , said King George , ' if you had not written so well . ' The compliment pleased ...
... conversation in the royal library one morning . Johnson said that he thought he had already done his part as a writer . ' I should have thought so too ' , said King George , ' if you had not written so well . ' The compliment pleased ...
Page 149
... conversation , but just such , and went so far as , by the natural turn of the conversation in which he was engaged , it was neces- sarily promoted or required . He was extremely ready and gentle in his correction of the errors of any ...
... conversation , but just such , and went so far as , by the natural turn of the conversation in which he was engaged , it was neces- sarily promoted or required . He was extremely ready and gentle in his correction of the errors of any ...
Page 268
... conversation which was so often to be observed . He forgot how lavishly he had , in his Dedication to The Wanderer , extolled the delicacy and penetration , the humanity and generosity , the candour and politeness of the man whom , when ...
... conversation which was so often to be observed . He forgot how lavishly he had , in his Dedication to The Wanderer , extolled the delicacy and penetration , the humanity and generosity , the candour and politeness of the man whom , when ...
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