Wit and Wisdom of Samuel JohnsonClarendon Press, 1888 - 323 pages |
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... describes t bottom much of a John Bull , much of a blunt glishman , writing of himself he says : - ' I am , self , completely a citizen of the world . In my V. Life of Joke 2 72 sch d it in a large degree . By means of.
... describes t bottom much of a John Bull , much of a blunt glishman , writing of himself he says : - ' I am , self , completely a citizen of the world . In my V. Life of Joke 2 72 sch d it in a large degree . By means of.
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... writes , ' was leopatra for which he lost the world , it ' No one has bestowed loftier hnson , no one has done him more speaks of him as ' that poet whose read when every other monument - P. 286 . . 251 . zzi Letters , ii . 92 . i . 497 ...
... writes , ' was leopatra for which he lost the world , it ' No one has bestowed loftier hnson , no one has done him more speaks of him as ' that poet whose read when every other monument - P. 286 . . 251 . zzi Letters , ii . 92 . i . 497 ...
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... writes to Mrs. Thrale , ' let to be despised , let us despise it by con- world is not to be despised but as it is ething better 1o Are we troubled with e are not ' to attempt to think them down , 2 Ib . hnson , iii . 323 . 4 The Idler ...
... writes to Mrs. Thrale , ' let to be despised , let us despise it by con- world is not to be despised but as it is ething better 1o Are we troubled with e are not ' to attempt to think them down , 2 Ib . hnson , iii . 323 . 4 The Idler ...
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... writes Mrs. Piozzi , ' much de- ranks of society , who upon in his affairs hanged himself o the astonishment of all who t companion and most agree- 66 What nouth " soid Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson . noise , but it never can enforce ...
... writes Mrs. Piozzi , ' much de- ranks of society , who upon in his affairs hanged himself o the astonishment of all who t companion and most agree- 66 What nouth " soid Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson . noise , but it never can enforce ...
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... write all aphoristically , except in ary of preparation , and connection , and those arts by which a big book is made . till he weaves anecdotes into a system , getting them , and get but few , in com- might get . " Boswell's Life of ...
... write all aphoristically , except in ary of preparation , and connection , and those arts by which a big book is made . till he weaves anecdotes into a system , getting them , and get but few , in com- might get . " Boswell's Life of ...
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