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... speak in the Society of Arts and Manufactures , but " had found he could not get on . " From Mr. William Gerard Hamilton I have heard , that Johnson , when observing to him that it was prudent for a man who had not been accustomed to speak ...
... speak in the Society of Arts and Manufactures , but " had found he could not get on . " From Mr. William Gerard Hamilton I have heard , that Johnson , when observing to him that it was prudent for a man who had not been accustomed to speak ...
Page 562
... speak French , but talked Latin , though his Excellency did not understand it , owing , perhaps , to Johnson's English pronunciation : yet upon another occasion he was observed to speak French to a Frenchman of high rank , who spoke ...
... speak French , but talked Latin , though his Excellency did not understand it , owing , perhaps , to Johnson's English pronunciation : yet upon another occasion he was observed to speak French to a Frenchman of high rank , who spoke ...
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... speak much , it were not to be marvelled ; if I speak frankly , it is not to be blamed ; and though I speak partially , it were to be pardoned . " - Nuga Antiquæ , Vol . I. p . 136. There is one circumstance in Sir John's character of ...
... speak much , it were not to be marvelled ; if I speak frankly , it is not to be blamed ; and though I speak partially , it were to be pardoned . " - Nuga Antiquæ , Vol . I. p . 136. There is one circumstance in Sir John's character of ...
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