The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... manner as to excite his contempt and indignation . The world has been for many years amused with a story confidently told , and as confidently repeated with additional circumstances , that a sudden disgust was taken by Johnson upon ...
... manner as to excite his contempt and indignation . The world has been for many years amused with a story confidently told , and as confidently repeated with additional circumstances , that a sudden disgust was taken by Johnson upon ...
Pagina 3
... manner , to soothe and insinuate himself with the sage , conscious , as it should seem , of the cold in- ( 1 ) [ Mr. Croker observes , that some expressions in Dr. John- son's celebrated letter ( see p . 8. post ) seem , nevertheless ...
... manner , to soothe and insinuate himself with the sage , conscious , as it should seem , of the cold in- ( 1 ) [ Mr. Croker observes , that some expressions in Dr. John- son's celebrated letter ( see p . 8. post ) seem , nevertheless ...
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... manners and habits , even at a later and more polished period of his life , would probably not have been much to Lord Chesterfield's taste ; but it must be remembered , that Johnson's introduction to Lord Chesterfield did not take place ...
... manners and habits , even at a later and more polished period of his life , would probably not have been much to Lord Chesterfield's taste ; but it must be remembered , that Johnson's introduction to Lord Chesterfield did not take place ...
Pagina 13
... manners . But it must , at the same time , be allowed , that they contain many good pre- cepts of conduct , and much genuine information upon life and manners , very happily expressed ; and that there was consider- able merit in paying ...
... manners . But it must , at the same time , be allowed , that they contain many good pre- cepts of conduct , and much genuine information upon life and manners , very happily expressed ; and that there was consider- able merit in paying ...
Pagina 14
... manner was , no doubt , awkward and em- barrassed , but little else in his character reseinbles that of the " respectable Hottentot , " which more probably was , as the world has supposed , intended for Johnson . - C . throat ...
... manner was , no doubt , awkward and em- barrassed , but little else in his character reseinbles that of the " respectable Hottentot , " which more probably was , as the world has supposed , intended for Johnson . - C . throat ...
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