The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... told him that at a gentleman's house where there was thought to be such extravagance or bad management that he was living much beyond his income , his lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an ...
... told him that at a gentleman's house where there was thought to be such extravagance or bad management that he was living much beyond his income , his lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an ...
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... told him a conversation that had passed at an ale - house between us . My purpose is to continue our acquaintance . " ( Pr . and Med . p . 164. ) Mr. Ed- It was in Butcher - row that this meeting happened . wards , who was a decent ...
... told him a conversation that had passed at an ale - house between us . My purpose is to continue our acquaintance . " ( Pr . and Med . p . 164. ) Mr. Ed- It was in Butcher - row that this meeting happened . wards , who was a decent ...
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... told us you were very ill . " JOHNSON . " Ay , Sir , they are always telling lies of us old fellows . " Wishing to be present at more of so singular a conversation as that between two fellow - collegians , who had lived forty years in ...
... told us you were very ill . " JOHNSON . " Ay , Sir , they are always telling lies of us old fellows . " Wishing to be present at more of so singular a conversation as that between two fellow - collegians , who had lived forty years in ...
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... told me of the Eton boy , who , when verses on our Saviour's turning water into wine were prescribed as an exercise , brought up a single line , which was highly admired : Vidit et erubuit lympha pudica Deum ; 2 and I told you of ...
... told me of the Eton boy , who , when verses on our Saviour's turning water into wine were prescribed as an exercise , brought up a single line , which was highly admired : Vidit et erubuit lympha pudica Deum ; 2 and I told you of ...
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... told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a nu- merous company of booksellers , where the room , being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering a great deal ...
... told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a nu- merous company of booksellers , where the room , being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering a great deal ...
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