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Pagina xxxvii
... consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this Work contains was not a particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ...
... consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this Work contains was not a particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ...
Pagina 1
... consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr. Johnson written his own Life , in conformity with the opinion ...
... consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr. Johnson written his own Life , in conformity with the opinion ...
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... consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation , which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I ...
... consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation , which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I ...
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... considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and other anecdotes of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is to be regretted that we have not more , I am justified in preserving rather too ...
... considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and other anecdotes of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is to be regretted that we have not more , I am justified in preserving rather too ...
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... considers only as topics of ridicule : yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercu- les of toryism , so curiously characteristic , that I shall not withhold it . It was communicated to me in a letter from Miss Mary Adey , of ...
... considers only as topics of ridicule : yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercu- les of toryism , so curiously characteristic , that I shall not withhold it . It was communicated to me in a letter from Miss Mary Adey , of ...
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