Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Barnes & Noble, 1966 - 488 pages |
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... talk . To this end , I consented to talk more than became me , and our stratagem succeeded . You would have enjoyed seeing him take me by the hand in the middle of dinner , and repeat with no small enthusiasm , many passages from the ...
... talk . To this end , I consented to talk more than became me , and our stratagem succeeded . You would have enjoyed seeing him take me by the hand in the middle of dinner , and repeat with no small enthusiasm , many passages from the ...
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... talk from books : you do not talk from books . " This was a compliment to my originality ; but I am afraid I have not read books enough to be able to talk from them . ' Letters of Boswell , P. 181 . is to investigate and to discriminate ...
... talk from books : you do not talk from books . " This was a compliment to my originality ; but I am afraid I have not read books enough to be able to talk from them . ' Letters of Boswell , P. 181 . is to investigate and to discriminate ...
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... talk of runts ; ' ( that is , young cows ) . ' Sir , ( said Mrs. Salusbury , ) Mr. Johnson would learn to talk of runts . ' " ' Life , iii . 337 . Tyers forgets to record his own description of Johnson's talk . ' Tom Tyers described me ...
... talk of runts ; ' ( that is , young cows ) . ' Sir , ( said Mrs. Salusbury , ) Mr. Johnson would learn to talk of runts . ' " ' Life , iii . 337 . Tyers forgets to record his own description of Johnson's talk . ' Tom Tyers described me ...
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Apophthegms c from Hawkinss Edition of Johnsons Works | 21 |
Anecdotes from the Rev Dr Thomas Campbells Diary of a Visit | 39 |
Anecdotes from Penningtons Memoirs of Mrs Carter | 58 |
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