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Page xxvii
... Boswell could say , with contemptuous com- passion , that he liked very well to hear honest Goldsmith run on . " Yes , sir , " said Johnson , " but he should not like to hear himself . " Minds differ as rivers differ . There are ...
... Boswell could say , with contemptuous com- passion , that he liked very well to hear honest Goldsmith run on . " Yes , sir , " said Johnson , " but he should not like to hear himself . " Minds differ as rivers differ . There are ...
Page xxix
... Boswell , " you harrow up my very soul . " George Steevens and Cumberland were men far too cunning to say such a thing . They would have echoed the praises of the man whom they envied , and then have sent to the newspapers anonymous ...
... Boswell , " you harrow up my very soul . " George Steevens and Cumberland were men far too cunning to say such a thing . They would have echoed the praises of the man whom they envied , and then have sent to the newspapers anonymous ...
Page xxxv
... BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . V. MISS HAWKINS'S ANECDOTES . VI . COLMAN'S RANDOM RECORDS . VII . CUMBERLAND'S MEMOIRS . VIII . NORTHCOTE'S CONVERSATIONS . IX . HAWKINS'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH . NORTHCOTE'S LIFE OF ...
... BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . V. MISS HAWKINS'S ANECDOTES . VI . COLMAN'S RANDOM RECORDS . VII . CUMBERLAND'S MEMOIRS . VIII . NORTHCOTE'S CONVERSATIONS . IX . HAWKINS'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH . NORTHCOTE'S LIFE OF ...
Page xlvi
... Boswell that he frequently had heard Goldsmith talk warmly of the pleasure of being liked , and observe how hard it would be if literary excellence should preclude a man from that satisfaction , which he perceived it often did , from ...
... Boswell that he frequently had heard Goldsmith talk warmly of the pleasure of being liked , and observe how hard it would be if literary excellence should preclude a man from that satisfaction , which he perceived it often did , from ...
Page xlvii
... Boswell in this year records an opinion of Sir Joshua's on the subject of conversation , which may be noticed in this place . When it had been proposed to add some members to the Literary Club ( during Goldsmith's life ) , that writer ...
... Boswell in this year records an opinion of Sir Joshua's on the subject of conversation , which may be noticed in this place . When it had been proposed to add some members to the Literary Club ( during Goldsmith's life ) , that writer ...
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