The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Том 2G. Bell and Sons, 1884 |
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... manner , and some particular phrases of a person do much to impress you with an idea of him , and you are not sure that he would say what the mimic says in his character . " BOSWELL . " I don't think Foote a good mimic , Sir . " JOHNSON ...
... manner , and some particular phrases of a person do much to impress you with an idea of him , and you are not sure that he would say what the mimic says in his character . " BOSWELL . " I don't think Foote a good mimic , Sir . " JOHNSON ...
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... manner , Dunning ' may be found out to be a Devon- shire man . So most Scotchmen may be found out . But , Sir , little aberrations are of no disadvantage . I never catched Mallet in a Scotch accent ; and yet Mallet , I suppose , was ...
... manner , Dunning ' may be found out to be a Devon- shire man . So most Scotchmen may be found out . But , Sir , little aberrations are of no disadvantage . I never catched Mallet in a Scotch accent ; and yet Mallet , I suppose , was ...
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... manners , and also the varieties of diction , so as to leave no doubt of its having an animated truth of execution throughout . A book of travels , lately published under the title of Coriat Junior , and written by Mr. Paterson , ' was ...
... manners , and also the varieties of diction , so as to leave no doubt of its having an animated truth of execution throughout . A book of travels , lately published under the title of Coriat Junior , and written by Mr. Paterson , ' was ...
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... manner ; and , so far as I have been able to recollect , his thoughts were these : " Sir , as men be- come in a high degree refined , various causes of offence arise ; which are considered to be of such importance , that life must be ...
... manner ; and , so far as I have been able to recollect , his thoughts were these : " Sir , as men be- come in a high degree refined , various causes of offence arise ; which are considered to be of such importance , that life must be ...
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... manner , one loves a plain coat , another loves a laced coat ; but neither will deny that each is good in its kind . " • While I remained in London this spring , I was with him at several other times , both by himself and in company . I ...
... manner , one loves a plain coat , another loves a laced coat ; but neither will deny that each is good in its kind . " • While I remained in London this spring , I was with him at several other times , both by himself and in company . I ...
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Страница 33 - Edgeware road, and had carried down his books in two returned post-chaises. He said, he believed the farmer's family thought him an odd character, similar to that in which the Spectator appeared to his landlady and her children : he was The Gentleman. Mr. Mickle, the translator of The Lusiad, and I went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards.
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Страница 18 - Sir, it is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilised society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together.
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Страница 423 - I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one who could understand me, and would add something to the conversation.
Страница 349 - You must know, Sir, I lately took my friend Boswell and shewed him genuine civilised life in an English provincial town. I turned him loose at Lichfield, my native city, that he might see for once real civility: for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London.