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Mr. Johnson and I walked arm-in-arm, up the High Street, to my house in James's Court ; 2 it was a dusky night : I couid not pre- 1 " The house," said Lord Stowell to me, " was kept by a woman, and she was called Luckie, which it seems ...
Mr. Johnson and I walked arm-in-arm, up the High Street, to my house in James's Court ; 2 it was a dusky night : I couid not pre- 1 " The house," said Lord Stowell to me, " was kept by a woman, and she was called Luckie, which it seems ...
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We walked out, that Dr. Johnson might see some of the things which we have to show at Edinburgh. We went to the Parliament House,2 where the Parliament of Scotland 1 Chap, xvi., p. 254, of his Remarks on the History of Scotland.
We walked out, that Dr. Johnson might see some of the things which we have to show at Edinburgh. We went to the Parliament House,2 where the Parliament of Scotland 1 Chap, xvi., p. 254, of his Remarks on the History of Scotland.
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As we walked in the cloisters, there was- a, solemn echo, while he talked loudly of a proper retirement from the world. Mr. Nairne said, he had an inclination to retire. I called Dr. Johnson's attention to this, that I might hear his ...
As we walked in the cloisters, there was- a, solemn echo, while he talked loudly of a proper retirement from the world. Mr. Nairne said, he had an inclination to retire. I called Dr. Johnson's attention to this, that I might hear his ...
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Professor Shaw said to me, as we walked, " This is a wonderful man ; he is master of 1 Johnson has been unjustly abused for dwelling on the bareness of Fife. There are good trees in many parts of that county, but the east coast, ...
Professor Shaw said to me, as we walked, " This is a wonderful man ; he is master of 1 Johnson has been unjustly abused for dwelling on the bareness of Fife. There are good trees in many parts of that county, but the east coast, ...
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I did not then press Dr. Johnson upon it ; nor shall I now enter upon a disquisition concerning the import of those words uttered by our Saviour,1 which had such an effect upon many of his disciples, that they " went back, and walked no ...
I did not then press Dr. Johnson upon it ; nor shall I now enter upon a disquisition concerning the import of those words uttered by our Saviour,1 which had such an effect upon many of his disciples, that they " went back, and walked no ...
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| Title | THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D |
| Author | JAMES BOSWELL |
| Published | 1892 |
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