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to - day , as conversation . For him it was a serious intellectual exercise . Remember his grumble — ' We had talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed . ' And so Johnson was even more justified in his defence than ...
to - day , as conversation . For him it was a serious intellectual exercise . Remember his grumble — ' We had talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed . ' And so Johnson was even more justified in his defence than ...
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Boswell had early shown a curious , indiscriminate passion for recording conversations , no matter by whom . ... imitators of Johnson — ' I remember I gave it for Boswell in familiar conversation , and for Garrick in reciting poetry .
Boswell had early shown a curious , indiscriminate passion for recording conversations , no matter by whom . ... imitators of Johnson — ' I remember I gave it for Boswell in familiar conversation , and for Garrick in reciting poetry .
Pagina 271
Above all in conversation Boswell perpetually drew his hero out and on . ' I also may be allowed to claim some merit in leading the conversation . I do not mean leading , as in an orchestra , by playing the first fiddle , but leading as ...
Above all in conversation Boswell perpetually drew his hero out and on . ' I also may be allowed to claim some merit in leading the conversation . I do not mean leading , as in an orchestra , by playing the first fiddle , but leading as ...
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Johnson | 25 |
Lord Chesterfield | 129 |
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The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
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