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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... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ... - Page 226
by James Boswell - 1833
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The Letters of Horace Walpole: 1759-1769

Horace Walpole - 1842 - 580 pages
...My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company : do you really think Aim a bad man ?' Johnson. ' Sir, if you are talking jestingly of this, I don't...it is a shame that he is protected in this country. Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation than that of...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters ...

Horace Walpole - 1842 - 574 pages
...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 of this, I don't...him one of the worst of men ; a rascal, who ought to he hunted out of society, as he has been. Three or four nations have expelled him, and it is a shame...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: Including A Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
..." 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 of this, I don't...country." BOSWELL. " I don't deny, sir, but that his novel'2 may, perhaps, do harm; but I cannot think his intention was bad." JOHNSON. " Sir, that will...
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Life and Correspondence of David Hume: From the Papers Bequeathed ..., Volume 2

John Hill Burton, David Hume - 1846 - 566 pages
...' My dear sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company : do you really think Mm a bad man ?' Johnson. ' Sir, if you are talking jestingly of this, I don't...him one of the worst of men ; a rascal who ought to he hunted out of society as he has been. Three or four nations have expelled him ; and it is a shame...
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Life and Correspondence of David Hume: From the Papers Bequeathed ..., Volume 1

John Hill Burton - 1846 - 560 pages
...think him a bad man ?' Johnson. ' Sir, if you are talking jestingly of this, I don't talk with yon. If you mean to be serious, I think him one of the worst of men; a rascal who ought to he hunted out of society as he has been. Three or four nations have expelled him ; and it is a shame...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
..." 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 of this, I don't...country." BOSWELL. "I don't deny, Sir, but that his novel (-) may, perhaps, do harm ; but I cannot think his intention was bad." JOHNSON. " Sir, that will...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bud man ? " JOHNSON. " Sir, if you are talking jestingly of this, I don't...is a shame that he is protected in this country." BOSWEIX. " I don't deny, Sir, but that liis novel * may, perhaps, do harm ; but I cannot think his...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1851 - 326 pages
...call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bad man?" JOHNSON: "Sir,ifyouaretalkingjestingly of this, I don't talk with you. If you mean to be...country." BOSWELL : " I don't deny, Sir, but that his novel 1 may, perhaps, do harm ; but I cannot think his intention was bad." JOHNSON : " Sir, that will...
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Once Upon a Time, Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1854 - 324 pages
...could not avoid being singular. There was honesty at least in Johnson's denunciation of him : — " I think him one of the worst of men ; a rascal, who...it is a shame that he is protected in this country. Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation than that of...
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Once Upon a Time, Volume 2

Charles Knight - 1854 - 366 pages
...could not avoid being singular. There was honesty at least in Johnson's denunciation of him : — " I think him one of the worst of men ; a rascal, who...it is a shame that he is protected in this country. Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation than that of...
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