The Life of Samuel JohnsonModern Library, 1952 - 559 pagina's |
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Pagina 175
... observed , that “ he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back , but he believed the gentle- man was an attorney . " ' A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage , married immediately after his wife died : Johnson said ...
... observed , that “ he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back , but he believed the gentle- man was an attorney . " ' A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage , married immediately after his wife died : Johnson said ...
Pagina 395
... observed at breakfast that although it was a part of his ab- stemious discipline on this most solemn fast , to take no milk in his tea , yet when Mrs. Desmoulins inadvertently poured it in , he did not reject it . I talked of the ...
... observed at breakfast that although it was a part of his ab- stemious discipline on this most solemn fast , to take no milk in his tea , yet when Mrs. Desmoulins inadvertently poured it in , he did not reject it . I talked of the ...
Pagina 507
... observed that the real char- acter of a man was found out by his amusements , —Johnson added , ' Yes , Sir ; no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures . ' It may be worth remarking , among the minutiae of my collec tion , that Johnson was ...
... observed that the real char- acter of a man was found out by his amusements , —Johnson added , ' Yes , Sir ; no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures . ' It may be worth remarking , among the minutiae of my collec tion , that Johnson was ...
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