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" that you could not stand five minutes with that man beneath a shed while it rained, but you must be convinced you had been standing with the greatest man you had ever yet seen. "
Anecdotes, Bons-mots, and Characteristic Traits of the Greatest Princes ... - Page 124
1789 - 359 pages
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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: During the Last Twenty Years of ...

Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 330 pages
...the topic ; and he ufually left the choice to others. His information beft enlightened, his argument ftrengthened, and his ;wit made it ever remembered....it rained, but you muft be convinced you had been flanding with the greateft man, you had ever yet feen," As we had been faying one day that no fubjecb...
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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: During the Last Twenty Years of ...

Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 314 pages
...the topic ; and he ufually left the choice to others. His information beft enlightened, his argument ftrengthened, and his wit made it ever remembered....could not ftand five minutes with that man beneath a Ihed while it rained, but you muft be convinced you had been ftanding with the greateft man you had...
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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: During the Last Twenty Years of ...

Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 328 pages
...bcft enlightened, hU', argument lengthened, and his wit made it ever remembered. Of h;im it n^iight have been faid, as he often delighted to fay of Edmund Burke, fc that you could not ftand :five minutes with that tnan beneath a Qied while it t - ;' " J ' ' j rained,...
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Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of ...

Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pages
...he usually left the choice to others. His information best enlightened, his argument strengthened, and his wit made it ever remembered. 'Of him it might have been said, as he often delighted to say of Edmund Burke, "that you could not stand five minutes with that...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...topic; and he usually left the choice to others. His information enlightened, his argument strengthened, and his wit made it ever remembered. Of him it might have been said, as he often delighted to say of Edmund Burke, ' that you could not stand five minutes with that...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 590 pages
...he usually left the choice to others. 1 1 is information enlightened, his argument strengthened, aud his wit made it ever remembered. Of him it might have been said, as he often delighted to say of Edmund Burke, ' that you .could not stand five minutes with that...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with The journal of a tour ..., Volume 6

James Boswell - 1884 - 534 pages
...he usually left the choice to others. His information best enlightened, his argument strengthened, and his wit made it ever remembered. Of him it might have been said, as he often delighted to say of Edmund Burke, " that you could not stand five minutes with that...
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Johnsoniana: Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - Authors, English - 1884 - 490 pages
...he usually left the choice to others. His information best enlightened, his argument strengthened, and his wit made it ever remembered. Of him it might have been said, as he often delighted to say of Edmund Burke, " that you could not stand five minutes with that...
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Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 1

George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 pages
...he usually left the choice to others. His information best enlightened, his argument strengthened, and his wit made it ever remembered. Of him it might have been said, as he often delighted to say of Edmund Burke, 'that you could not stand five minutes with that...
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Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 1

George Birkbeck Norman Hill - Authors, English - 1897 - 512 pages
...he usually left the choice to others. His information best enlightened, his argument strengthened, and his wit made it ever remembered. Of him it might have been said, as he often delighted to say of Edmund Burke, ' that you could not stand five minutes with that...
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