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Pagina 7
... asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , I never was near enough to great men to court them . You may be prudently attached to great men , and yet inde- pendent . You are not to do what you think wrong ...
... asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , I never was near enough to great men to court them . You may be prudently attached to great men , and yet inde- pendent . You are not to do what you think wrong ...
Pagina 23
... asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. John- son's acquaintance . " I however was so much impressed with my first notion , that I mentioned ...
... asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. John- son's acquaintance . " I however was so much impressed with my first notion , that I mentioned ...
Pagina 32
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The king then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The king then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
Pagina 33
... asked by another friend , at sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high compliment , he answered , " No , sir ; when the king had said it , it was to be so . It was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign ...
... asked by another friend , at sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high compliment , he answered , " No , sir ; when the king had said it , it was to be so . It was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign ...
Pagina 34
... asked him what he thought of lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just published . John- son said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the second rather too much , " Why , " said the king , " they ...
... asked him what he thought of lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just published . John- son said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the second rather too much , " Why , " said the king , " they ...
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