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When the great duke of Marlborough , accom- panied by lord Cadogan , was one day reconnoitring the army in Flanders , a heavy rain came on , and they both called for their cloaks . Lord Cadogan's servant , a ADVERTISEMENT . xiii.
When the great duke of Marlborough , accom- panied by lord Cadogan , was one day reconnoitring the army in Flanders , a heavy rain came on , and they both called for their cloaks . Lord Cadogan's servant , a ADVERTISEMENT . xiii.
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Lord Cadogan's servant , a good- humoured alert lad , brought his lordship's in a minute . The duke's servant , a lazy sulky dog , was so sluggish , that his grace being wet to the skin , reproved him , and had for answer with a grunt ...
Lord Cadogan's servant , a good- humoured alert lad , brought his lordship's in a minute . The duke's servant , a lazy sulky dog , was so sluggish , that his grace being wet to the skin , reproved him , and had for answer with a grunt ...
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Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands ; ack . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for the house of lords ; acknowl . Argument in support of the Law of Vicious Intromission ; dictated to me for the ...
Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands ; ack . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for the house of lords ; acknowl . Argument in support of the Law of Vicious Intromission ; dictated to me for the ...
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... 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 fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen .
... 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 fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen .
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George Plaxton , chaplain at that time to lord Gower , which may serve to show the high estimation in which the father of our great moralist was held : — Johnson , the Lichfield librarian ...
George Plaxton , chaplain at that time to lord Gower , which may serve to show the high estimation in which the father of our great moralist was held : — Johnson , the Lichfield librarian ...
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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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