The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] Goldsmith |
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The story , indeed , appears to be dubiously historical ; but that too illustrates the doubts that cling to history . ' What will you read , child ? ' said Sir Robert Walpole to his son Horace . ' Some history ?
The story , indeed , appears to be dubiously historical ; but that too illustrates the doubts that cling to history . ' What will you read , child ? ' said Sir Robert Walpole to his son Horace . ' Some history ?
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She wished , it appears , only to talk of her husband's affairs , and did so ' with complaint , fear , and suspicion ' ; whereas Michael Johnson loathed his affairs , and preferred books ; of which his wife knew nothing .
She wished , it appears , only to talk of her husband's affairs , and did so ' with complaint , fear , and suspicion ' ; whereas Michael Johnson loathed his affairs , and preferred books ; of which his wife knew nothing .
Pagina 102
Now on this point the ' unclubable ' Sir John may appear an incongruous and questionable witness ; but he is confirmed by Arthur Murphy , who calls Johnson ' incomparable at buffoonery ' ; and by Fanny Burney — ' he has more fun and ...
Now on this point the ' unclubable ' Sir John may appear an incongruous and questionable witness ; but he is confirmed by Arthur Murphy , who calls Johnson ' incomparable at buffoonery ' ; and by Fanny Burney — ' he has more fun and ...
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Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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