The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it , and found it was only two shillings ; so here was a very poor saving . JOHNSON . " Sir , that is the 11.
... lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it , and found it was only two shillings ; so here was a very poor saving . JOHNSON . " Sir , that is the 11.
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... taken it . " SPOTTISWOODE . ' What , by way of a companion , Sir ? " JOHN- SON . " To get rid of myself , to send myself away . Wine gives great pleasure ; and every pleasure is of itself a good . It is a good , unless counterbalanced ...
... taken it . " SPOTTISWOODE . ' What , by way of a companion , Sir ? " JOHN- SON . " To get rid of myself , to send myself away . Wine gives great pleasure ; and every pleasure is of itself a good . It is a good , unless counterbalanced ...
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... taken from those old writers , is all a dream , such as Whitaker's ' Manchester . ' I have heard Henry's ' History of Britain ' well spoken of ; I am told it is carried on in separate divisions , as the civil , the military , the ...
... taken from those old writers , is all a dream , such as Whitaker's ' Manchester . ' I have heard Henry's ' History of Britain ' well spoken of ; I am told it is carried on in separate divisions , as the civil , the military , the ...
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... taken Johnson to this dinner , he being then sheriff . The judges were Blackstone and Eyree . Mr. Justice Blackstone conversed with Johnson on the subject of their absent friend , Sir Robert Chambers . - C . • Johnson clearly meant ...
... taken Johnson to this dinner , he being then sheriff . The judges were Blackstone and Eyree . Mr. Justice Blackstone conversed with Johnson on the subject of their absent friend , Sir Robert Chambers . - C . • Johnson clearly meant ...
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... taken it . He stops where it is said that the spectators thought her innocent , and leaves out what follows , -that she nevertheless was guilty . Now this is being as culpable as one can conceive , to misrepresent fact in a book ; and ...
... taken it . He stops where it is said that the spectators thought her innocent , and leaves out what follows , -that she nevertheless was guilty . Now this is being as culpable as one can conceive , to misrepresent fact in a book ; and ...
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