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" Doctor; and of every one else, when in that presence, he was unobservant, if not contemptuous. In truth, when he met with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering anything that was said, or attending to any thing that went forward, lest he should... "
Croker's Boswell and Boswell: Studies in the "Life of Johnson". ... - Page 196
by Percy Fitzgerald - 1880 - 308 pages
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Memoirs of Dr. Burney, Arranged from His Own Manuscripts, from ..., Volume 2

Fanny Burney - 1832 - 414 pages
...she saw a smile stealing over every countenance, VOL. II. O that of Dr. Johnson himself not excepted, at the discomfiture and surprise of Mr. Boswell. Mr....answering anything that was said, or attending to any thing that went forward, lest he should miss the smallest sound from that voice to which he paid...
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Waldie's Select Circulating Library, Volume 2

Adam Waldie - 1833 - 640 pages
...that of Dr. Johnson himself wa« not exceptcd, at the discomfiture and surprise of Mr. Boswcll. M r. Boswell, however, was so situated as not to remark...with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering any thing that waa said, or attending to any thing that went forward, lest be should miss the smallest...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 49

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1833 - 596 pages
...ensue, as she saw a smile stealing over every countenance, that of Dr. Johnson himself not excepted, at the discomfiture and surprise of Mr. Boswell. '...and of every one else, when in that presence, he was unobVOIi. XLIX. NO. XCVII. I Be™*"* servant, if not contemptuous. In truth, when he met with Dr....
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 49

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1833 - 594 pages
...ensue, as she saw a smile stealing over every countenance, that of Dr. Johnson himself not excepted, at the discomfiture and surprise of Mr. Boswell. '...and of every one else, when in that presence, he was unobt juix. NO. xovii. I servant, servant, if not contemptuous. In truth, when he met with Dr. Johnson,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ..., Volume 9

James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...ensue, as she saw a smile stealing over every countenance, that of Dr. Johnson himself not excepted, at the discomfiture and surprise of Mr. Boswell. Mr....with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering any thing that was said, or attending to any thing that went forward, lest he should miss the smallest...
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Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell [ed. by J.W. Croker].

John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...ensue, as she saw a smile stealing over every countenance, that of Dr. Johnson himself not excepted, at the discomfiture and surprise of Mr. Boswell. Mr....with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering any thing that was said, or attending to any thing that went forward, lest he should miss the smallest...
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Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

Washington Irving - 1849 - 406 pages
..."When in that presence" says Miss Burney, "he was unobservant, if not contemptuous of every one else. In truth, when he met with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering any thing that was said, or attending to any thing that went forward, lest he should miss the smallest...
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The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 pages
..."When in that presence" says Miss Burney, "he was unobservant, if not contemptuous of every one else. In truth, when he met with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering any thing that was said, or attending to any thing that went forward lest he should miss the smallest...
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Works, Volume 11

Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
..."When in that presence" says Miss Burney, "he was unobservant, if not contemptuous of every one else. In truth, when he met with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering any thing that was said, or attending to any thing that went forward lest he should miss the smallest...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 614 pages
...in that pretence," says Miss Burney, " he was unobservant, if not contemptuous, of every one else. In truth, when he met with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering anything llii'i was said, or attending to anything that went forward, lest he should miss the smallest sound...
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