Croker's Boswell and Boswell: Studies in the "Life of Johnson". ...Chapman & Hall, 1880 - 308 pages |
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Page 172 - I have however seen played on common occasions, of sitting steadily down at the other end of the room to write at the moment what should be said in company, either by Dr. Johnson or to him, I never practised myself, nor approved of in another. (') There is something so illbred, and so inclining to treachery in this conduct, that were it commonly adopted, all confidence would soon be exiled from society, and a conversation assembly-room would become tremendous as a court of justice.
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