The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as communicated to him by the circumnavigators , slily observed , " Sir , I never before knew how much I was respected by these gentle- men they told me none of ...
... occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as communicated to him by the circumnavigators , slily observed , " Sir , I never before knew how much I was respected by these gentle- men they told me none of ...
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... occasion of an indictment , the King v . Topham , who , as a proprietor of a newspaper en- titled The World , was found guilty of a libel against earl Cowper , deceased , because certain injurious charges against his lordship were ...
... occasion of an indictment , the King v . Topham , who , as a proprietor of a newspaper en- titled The World , was found guilty of a libel against earl Cowper , deceased , because certain injurious charges against his lordship were ...
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... occasion for five hundred pounds more , he would lend it to him . He resolved to go out again to the East Indies , and make his fortune anew . He got a considerable appointment ; and I had some intention of accompanying him . Had I ...
... occasion for five hundred pounds more , he would lend it to him . He resolved to go out again to the East Indies , and make his fortune anew . He got a considerable appointment ; and I had some intention of accompanying him . Had I ...
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... occasion in compliment to Thrale . On Sunday , April 7th , Easter - day , after having been at St. Paul's cathedral , I came to Dr. Johnson , according to my usual custom . It seemed to me , that there was always something particularly ...
... occasion in compliment to Thrale . On Sunday , April 7th , Easter - day , after having been at St. Paul's cathedral , I came to Dr. Johnson , according to my usual custom . It seemed to me , that there was always something particularly ...
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... occasions . The truth is , that his humane consider- ation of the forlorn and indigent state in which this lady was left by her father , induced him to treat her with the utmost tenderness , and even to be desirous of procuring her ...
... occasions . The truth is , that his humane consider- ation of the forlorn and indigent state in which this lady was left by her father , induced him to treat her with the utmost tenderness , and even to be desirous of procuring her ...
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