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... SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS : " I do not perceive why the profession of a player should be des- pised ; for the great and ultimate end of all the employments of mankind is to produce amusement . Garrick produces more amusement than any body ...
... SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS : " I do not perceive why the profession of a player should be des- pised ; for the great and ultimate end of all the employments of mankind is to produce amusement . Garrick produces more amusement than any body ...
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... SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS : " Yes , they do for the time . " JOHNSON : " For the time ! -if they care this minute , they forget it the next . And as for the good worthy man ; how do you know he is good and worthy ? No good and worthy man will ...
... SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS : " Yes , they do for the time . " JOHNSON : " For the time ! -if they care this minute , they forget it the next . And as for the good worthy man ; how do you know he is good and worthy ? No good and worthy man will ...
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... Sir ; " upon which Johnson observed , " Sir , I have found you an argument ... Joshua Reynolds having said that he took the altitude of a man's taste by ... Sir Joshua having also observed that the real character of a man was found out by ...
... Sir ; " upon which Johnson observed , " Sir , I have found you an argument ... Joshua Reynolds having said that he took the altitude of a man's taste by ... Sir Joshua having also observed that the real character of a man was found out by ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Early Life of Dr Johnson II | 11 |
Boswells Meeting with Dr Johnson Con versations in Seventeen Sixtythree | 19 |
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