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Page lxiv
... side of the question , and almost always left it weaker than he found it . His jealousy fixed a perpetual ridicule on his character , for he was emulous of every thing and everybody . He went with some friends to see the entertainment ...
... side of the question , and almost always left it weaker than he found it . His jealousy fixed a perpetual ridicule on his character , for he was emulous of every thing and everybody . He went with some friends to see the entertainment ...
Page lxv
... side , as fully persuaded of his own importance and independent greatness . Mr. Garrick , who had been so long treated with the complimentary language paid to a successful patentee and admired actor , expected that the writer would ...
... side , as fully persuaded of his own importance and independent greatness . Mr. Garrick , who had been so long treated with the complimentary language paid to a successful patentee and admired actor , expected that the writer would ...
Page lxvii
... side , which was often returned with anger and vehemence on the other . After much and disagreeable alter- cation , one bookseller desired to refer the matter in dispute to the Doctor's learned friend , a man of known integrity , and ...
... side , which was often returned with anger and vehemence on the other . After much and disagreeable alter- cation , one bookseller desired to refer the matter in dispute to the Doctor's learned friend , a man of known integrity , and ...
Page lxxx
... sides , and laughing . Upon which he smartly proceeded , Why , Dr. Johnson , this is not so easy as you seem to think ; for if you were to make little fishes talk , they would talk like whales . ' 6 During this argument , Goldsmith sat ...
... sides , and laughing . Upon which he smartly proceeded , Why , Dr. Johnson , this is not so easy as you seem to think ; for if you were to make little fishes talk , they would talk like whales . ' 6 During this argument , Goldsmith sat ...
Page lxxxvi
... side of the table rose up and reached across to shake hands with her , it being the first time they had met ; on which Dr. Johnson said , ' Thus the ancients , on the commencement of their friend- ships , used to sacrifice a beast ...
... side of the table rose up and reached across to shake hands with her , it being the first time they had met ; on which Dr. Johnson said , ' Thus the ancients , on the commencement of their friend- ships , used to sacrifice a beast ...
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