The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... lady had ob- jected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it , and found that it was only two shillings ; so here was a very poor saving . JOHNSON : " Sir , that is the blundering ...
... lady had ob- jected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it , and found that it was only two shillings ; so here was a very poor saving . JOHNSON : " Sir , that is the blundering ...
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... lady whom I then much admired , a very amiable woman , humoured my fancy , and relieved me by saying , ' The first thing you will meet in the other world , will be an elegant copy of Shakespeare's works presented to you . Dr. Johnson ...
... lady whom I then much admired , a very amiable woman , humoured my fancy , and relieved me by saying , ' The first thing you will meet in the other world , will be an elegant copy of Shakespeare's works presented to you . Dr. Johnson ...
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... lady to live at my house . I was obliged to tell her , that you would be in as respectable a situation in my house as in hers . Sir , the insolence of wealth will creep out . " Bos- WELL " She has a little both of the insolence of ...
... lady to live at my house . I was obliged to tell her , that you would be in as respectable a situation in my house as in hers . Sir , the insolence of wealth will creep out . " Bos- WELL " She has a little both of the insolence of ...
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... Lady two . " JOHNSON : " Nay , Sir , if you are to count by twos , you may be long enough . " WELL : Well , but now I add two sons and seven daughters , and a servant for each , that will make twenty ; so we have the fifth part already ...
... Lady two . " JOHNSON : " Nay , Sir , if you are to count by twos , you may be long enough . " WELL : Well , but now I add two sons and seven daughters , and a servant for each , that will make twenty ; so we have the fifth part already ...
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... lady's verses on Ireland . MISS REYNOLDS : " Have you seen them , Sir ? " JOHNSON : " No , Madam , I have seen a translation from Horace , by one of her daughters . She shewed it me . " MISS REY- NOLDS : " And how was it , Sir ...
... lady's verses on Ireland . MISS REYNOLDS : " Have you seen them , Sir ? " JOHNSON : " No , Madam , I have seen a translation from Horace , by one of her daughters . She shewed it me . " MISS REY- NOLDS : " And how was it , Sir ...
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