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" It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : — JOHNSON. ' Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for... "
The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Page 228
by James Boswell - 1807
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 16

British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...was a point of duty that called him away, and added, " We shall be sorry to lose you : laudo tamen," It having been observed that there was little hospitality...has a name or who has the power of pleasing, will be generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months."...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 472 pages
...reach of his claws." GOLDSMITH. " His claws can do you no harm,, when you have the shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little hospitality...power of pleasing, will be very generally invited m London. The man, Sterne, I have been toW, has had engagements for three months.'r GOLDSMITH. " And...
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The novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...hospitality as a tribute ; while his contemporaries saw the festivity in a very different light. " ? p _ e{Ωl} O t :P{ G O k ɯ W 5 i ǧ said Johnson, " will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...hospitality as a tribute ; while his contemporaries saw the festivity in a very different light. " Any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing,1" said Johnson, " will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has...
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Lives of the Novelists, Volume 1

Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1825 - 260 pages
...the hospitality as a tribute; while his contemporaries saw the festivity in a very different light. " Any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing," said Johnson, " will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. With copious notes by Malone

James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...of truth." It having been observed that there was little ho spitality in London ; JOHNSON : " Nav, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power...London. The man, Sterne, I have been told, has had engage, menta for three months." GOLDSMITH : " And a very dull fellow." JOHNSON : " Why, no, Sir."...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...harm, when you have the shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little ho spitality RUMMOND. " Si», " I DID not fias the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man, Sterne, I have been...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...reach of his claws." GOLDSMITH. " His claws can do you no harm, when you have the shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little hospitality..." And a very dull fellow." JOHNSON. "Why, no, sir i ." Martinelli told us, that for several years he lived much with Charles Townshend, and that He ventured...
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 542 pages
...this hospitality as a tribute; while his contemporaries saw the festivity in a very different light. " Any man who has a name, or .who has the power of pleasing," said Johnson, "will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I am told, has had engagements...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...the shield of truth." It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London: JOHHSOK. " Nay, sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very "enerally invited in London. The man, iterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months."...
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