The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 72
... conversation seldom ended without some complaint of my covet- ousness , or some remark upon my language , or my gait . I now began to venture in the publick walks , and to know the faces of nobles and beauties ; but could not observe ...
... conversation seldom ended without some complaint of my covet- ousness , or some remark upon my language , or my gait . I now began to venture in the publick walks , and to know the faces of nobles and beauties ; but could not observe ...
Pagina 220
... conversation ; but I soon found , that by a few inquiries which he was not well prepared to satisfy , I had made him weary of his young companion . His element was a mixed assembly , where ceremony and healths , compli- ments and common ...
... conversation ; but I soon found , that by a few inquiries which he was not well prepared to satisfy , I had made him weary of his young companion . His element was a mixed assembly , where ceremony and healths , compli- ments and common ...
Pagina 332
... conversation of the lowest classes of mankind , must necessarily want those accomplishments which are the usual means of attracting favour ; and though truth , fortitude , and probity , give an indisputable right to reverence and ...
... conversation of the lowest classes of mankind , must necessarily want those accomplishments which are the usual means of attracting favour ; and though truth , fortitude , and probity , give an indisputable right to reverence and ...
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The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imitating Spenser | 56 |
A criticism on the English historians | 62 |
The young trader turned gentleman | 69 |
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