The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... ladies of the present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more vir- tuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an un- doubted proof of ...
... ladies of the present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more vir- tuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an un- doubted proof of ...
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... lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow - chandler on Snow - hill . i This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called ' scriveners , ' which is one of the London companies , but of which the ...
... lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow - chandler on Snow - hill . i This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called ' scriveners , ' which is one of the London companies , but of which the ...
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... lady of my acquaint- ance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , sir . To the ...
... lady of my acquaint- ance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , sir . To the ...
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... lady of yours , sir , I think , fit for a brothel . " is very Mr. Macbean , author of the Dictionary of Ancient Geography , came in . He mentioned that he had been forty years absent from Scotland . " Ah , Boswell ! " said Johnson ...
... lady of yours , sir , I think , fit for a brothel . " is very Mr. Macbean , author of the Dictionary of Ancient Geography , came in . He mentioned that he had been forty years absent from Scotland . " Ah , Boswell ! " said Johnson ...
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... lady of large fortune was mentioned , as one who did good to many , but by no means " by stealth , " and instead of " blushing to find it fame , " acted evidently from vanity . JOHNSON . " I have seen no beings who do as much good from ...
... lady of large fortune was mentioned , as one who did good to many , but by no means " by stealth , " and instead of " blushing to find it fame , " acted evidently from vanity . JOHNSON . " I have seen no beings who do as much good from ...
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