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" Sir, if you are talking jestingly of this, I don't talk with you. If you mean to be serious, I think him one of the worst of men; a rascal who ought to be hunted out of society, as he has been. Three or four nations have expelled him; and it is a shame... "
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides - Page 125
by James Boswell - 1848 - 874 pages
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...answered with a smile, ' My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company ? Do you really think him a bad man ?' JOHNSON. ' Sir, if you are talking jestingly...; and " it is a shame that he is protected in this coun" try.' BOSWELL. ' I don't deny, Sir, that his " novel may perhaps do harm ; but I cannot think...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...answered with a smile, " My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bad man ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, if you are talking jestingly...is a shame that he is protected in this country." BOSWELL. " I don't deny, Sir, but that hig novel may, perhaps, do harm ; but I cannot think his intention...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...answered with a smile, " My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bad man ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, if you are talking jestingly...hunted out of society, as he has been. Three or four na1766. tions have expelled him : and it is a shame that he V7~v — 'is protected in this country."...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...answered with a smile, " My dear Sir, you dou't call Rousseau bail company. Do you really think him a bad man ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, if you are talking jestingly...is a shame that he is protected in this country." BOSWELL. " I don't deny, Sir, but that his novel may, perhaps, do harm; but I cannot think his intention...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 223

England - 1928 - 872 pages
...company ! Do you really think him a bad man t " Johnson's reply might have been uttered by Auchinleck : "I think him one of the worst of men : a rascal who...is a shame that he is protected in this country." To an attempted defence he rejoined, " Eousseau, sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...you don't call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bad man ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, if you arc talking jestingly of this, I don't talk with you....is a shame that he is protected in this country." BOSWELL. " I don't deny, sir, but that his novel may, perhaps, do harm ; but I cannot think his intention...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 472 pages
...answered with a smile, " My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bad man ? " JOHNSON. " Sir, if you are talking jestingly...is a shame that he is protected in this country." BOSWELL. " I don't deny, Sir, but that his novel may, perhaps, do harm ; but I cannot think his intention...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1822 - 480 pages
...answered with a smile, " My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bad man ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, if you are talking jestingly...is a shame that he is protected in this country." BOSWELL. " I don't deny, Sir, but that his novel may, perhaps, do harm; but I cannot think his intention...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1823 - 486 pages
...company ? Do you really think him a bad man ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, if you are talking jestingly of this, 1 don't talk with you. If you mean to be serious, I...is a shame that he is protected in this country." BOSWELL. " I don't deny, sir, but that his novel may, perhaps, do harm; but I cannot think his intention...
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The Wonders of Nature and Providence, Displayed: Compiled from Authentic ...

Josiah Priest - Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 660 pages
..."Do you really think him a bad man?" JOHNSON. " Sir, If v- you are talking jestingly of this, I donit talk with you. If you " mean to be serious, I think...is a shame " that he is protected in this country." BOSWELL. " I donit de" ny Sir, but that his Novel may, perhaps, do harm ; but I can" not think his...
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