The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1G. Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1909 |
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... speak in the Society of Arts and Manufactures , but " had found he could not get on . " 1 From Mr. William Gerard Hamilton I have heard that Johnson , when observing to him that it was prudent for a man who had not been accustomed to speak ...
... speak in the Society of Arts and Manufactures , but " had found he could not get on . " 1 From Mr. William Gerard Hamilton I have heard that Johnson , when observing to him that it was prudent for a man who had not been accustomed to speak ...
Pagina 98
... speak High English , as we are apt to call what is far removed from the Scotch , but which is by no means good English , and makes " the fools who use it truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an ...
... speak High English , as we are apt to call what is far removed from the Scotch , but which is by no means good English , and makes " the fools who use it truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an ...
Pagina 211
... speak in public ? " JOHNSON : Because there may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in public than want of resolution he may have nothing to say ( laughing ) . Whereas , Sir , you know courage is reckoned the greatest of all ...
... speak in public ? " JOHNSON : Because there may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in public than want of resolution he may have nothing to say ( laughing ) . Whereas , Sir , you know courage is reckoned the greatest of all ...
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