Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... tell their ac- quaintance of the little fellow that was trying to make himself admired ; but when by degrees the Leasowes forced themselves into notice , they took care to defeat the curiosity which they could not suppress , by ...
... tell their ac- quaintance of the little fellow that was trying to make himself admired ; but when by degrees the Leasowes forced themselves into notice , they took care to defeat the curiosity which they could not suppress , by ...
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... tell this story of Johnson : they were dining one day , with many other persons , at Mrs. Macaulay's ; she had talked a long time at dinner about the natural equality of mankind ; Johnson , when she had finished her harangue , rose up ...
... tell this story of Johnson : they were dining one day , with many other persons , at Mrs. Macaulay's ; she had talked a long time at dinner about the natural equality of mankind ; Johnson , when she had finished her harangue , rose up ...
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... tell what the boy has really forgotten , and what he has neglected to learn ; what he has had no oppor- tunities of learning , and what he has taken no pains to get at the knowledge of ? yet for any of these , however difficult they may ...
... tell what the boy has really forgotten , and what he has neglected to learn ; what he has had no oppor- tunities of learning , and what he has taken no pains to get at the knowledge of ? yet for any of these , however difficult they may ...
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... tell what the man to whom you are speaking will say next : this you can never do of Johnson : his images , his allusions , his great powers of ridicule throw the appearance of novelty upon the most common conversation 2 . He was ...
... tell what the man to whom you are speaking will say next : this you can never do of Johnson : his images , his allusions , his great powers of ridicule throw the appearance of novelty upon the most common conversation 2 . He was ...
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... 315 . Barrow wrote to John James on Jan. 26 , 1786 : -The reviews and papers will tell you better than I can , that the booksellers are engaged in a contest who shall publish the first stream ; stream ; at the Club ; at Warren Hastings's '
... 315 . Barrow wrote to John James on Jan. 26 , 1786 : -The reviews and papers will tell you better than I can , that the booksellers are engaged in a contest who shall publish the first stream ; stream ; at the Club ; at Warren Hastings's '
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