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... I trust , will , by a true and fair delineation , be vindi- cated both from the injurious misrepresentations of this author , and from the slighter aspersions of a lady who once lived in great intimacy with him .
... I trust , will , by a true and fair delineation , be vindi- cated both from the injurious misrepresentations of this author , and from the slighter aspersions of a lady who once lived in great intimacy with him .
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... from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the do- mestick companion of a superannuated lord and lady , con- versation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimneypiece , or the ...
... from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the do- mestick companion of a superannuated lord and lady , con- versation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimneypiece , or the ...
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And the ladies with whom he was acquainted agree , that no man was more nicely and minutely critical in the elegance of female dress . When I found that he saw the romantick beauties of Islam , in Derbyshire , much better than I did ...
And the ladies with whom he was acquainted agree , that no man was more nicely and minutely critical in the elegance of female dress . When I found that he saw the romantick beauties of Islam , in Derbyshire , much better than I did ...
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Being asked if he could remember queen Anne , -- " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect .
Being asked if he could remember queen Anne , -- " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect .
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When Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved , owing to their mo- ther's strict discipline and severe correction , he exclaimed , in one of Shakspeare's lines ...
When Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved , owing to their mo- ther's strict discipline and severe correction , he exclaimed , in one of Shakspeare's lines ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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