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... Sir Joshua Reynolds , he said , ' Sir , I know no man who has passed through life with more ob- servation than Reynolds . " Secretary to the British Herring Fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds , he said , ' Sir , I know no man who has passed through life with more ob- servation than Reynolds . " Secretary to the British Herring Fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds , that he made it a rule when in company , never to talk of what he understood . Beauclerk had for a short time a pretty high opinion of Smith's conversation . Garrick , after listening to him for a while , as to one ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds , that he made it a rule when in company , never to talk of what he understood . Beauclerk had for a short time a pretty high opinion of Smith's conversation . Garrick , after listening to him for a while , as to one ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds said he was always willing to talk , and glad to have them in- troduced . Johnson , when he carried Mr. Langton to see him , professed that he could bring him out into conversation , and used this allusive expression ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds said he was always willing to talk , and glad to have them in- troduced . Johnson , when he carried Mr. Langton to see him , professed that he could bring him out into conversation , and used this allusive expression ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds's , that a beggar in the street will more readily ask alms from a man , though there should be no marks of wealth in his appearance , than from even a well- dressed woman ; which he accounted for from the great ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds's , that a beggar in the street will more readily ask alms from a man , though there should be no marks of wealth in his appearance , than from even a well- dressed woman ; which he accounted for from the great ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds , in his praise of the architecture of Van- burgh . We trace Johnson's own character in his observa- tions on Blackmore's " magnanimity as an authour . " " The incessant attacks of his enemies , whether serious or ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds , in his praise of the architecture of Van- burgh . We trace Johnson's own character in his observa- tions on Blackmore's " magnanimity as an authour . " " The incessant attacks of his enemies , whether serious or ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 4 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1839 |
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