The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... missed here or observed there . " EDWARDS : " Don't you eat supper , Sir ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir . " EDWARDS : " For my part , now , I consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass , in order to get to bed . " JOHNSON ...
... missed here or observed there . " EDWARDS : " Don't you eat supper , Sir ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir . " EDWARDS : " For my part , now , I consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass , in order to get to bed . " JOHNSON ...
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... MISS REY- NOLDS : " And how was it , Sir ? " JOHNSON : " Why , very well for a young Miss's verses ; -that is to say , compared with excellence , nothing ; but , very well for the person who wrote them . I am vexed at being shewn verses ...
... MISS REY- NOLDS : " And how was it , Sir ? " JOHNSON : " Why , very well for a young Miss's verses ; -that is to say , compared with excellence , nothing ; but , very well for the person who wrote them . I am vexed at being shewn verses ...
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... Miss Aston , whose Whig principles he had been combating , appears to me , to be taken from an ingenious epigram in the Menagiana , [ vol . iii . p . 376 , edit . 1716 ] on a young lady who appeared at a masquerade , habillé en Jesuite ...
... Miss Aston , whose Whig principles he had been combating , appears to me , to be taken from an ingenious epigram in the Menagiana , [ vol . iii . p . 376 , edit . 1716 ] on a young lady who appeared at a masquerade , habillé en Jesuite ...
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... [ Miss Carmichael ] loves none of them . " " DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " It is indeed a long time since I wrote , and think you must have some reason to complain ; however you must not let small things disturb you , when you ...
... [ Miss Carmichael ] loves none of them . " " DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " It is indeed a long time since I wrote , and think you must have some reason to complain ; however you must not let small things disturb you , when you ...
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... Miss Boswell , who , I hope , has yet none of her mamma's ill - will to me . " I would send sets of Lives , four volumes , to some other friends , to Lord Hailes first . His second volume lies by my bedside ; a book surely of great ...
... Miss Boswell , who , I hope , has yet none of her mamma's ill - will to me . " I would send sets of Lives , four volumes , to some other friends , to Lord Hailes first . His second volume lies by my bedside ; a book surely of great ...
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