The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... night his drawing - room , very genteelly fitted up ; and said , " Mrs. Thrale sneered , when I talked of my having asked you and your lady to live at my house . I was obliged to tell her , that you would be in as respectable a ...
... night his drawing - room , very genteelly fitted up ; and said , " Mrs. Thrale sneered , when I talked of my having asked you and your lady to live at my house . I was obliged to tell her , that you would be in as respectable a ...
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... night . I would know night , as well as morning and noon . JOHNSON : " What , Sir , would you know what it is to feel the evils of old age ? Would you have the gout ? Would you have decrepitude ? ” — Seeing him heated , I would not ...
... night . I would know night , as well as morning and noon . JOHNSON : " What , Sir , would you know what it is to feel the evils of old age ? Would you have the gout ? Would you have decrepitude ? ” — Seeing him heated , I would not ...
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... night as to the influence of character upon success in life . She said he was certainly wrong ; and told me , that a baronet lost an election in Wales , because he had debauched the sister of a gentleman in the country , whom he made ...
... night as to the influence of character upon success in life . She said he was certainly wrong ; and told me , that a baronet lost an election in Wales , because he had debauched the sister of a gentleman in the country , whom he made ...
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... night , as late as at eleven o'clock , he accompanied the Major of the regiment in going what are styled the Rounds , where he might observe the forms of visiting the guards , for the seeing that they and their sentries are ready in ...
... night , as late as at eleven o'clock , he accompanied the Major of the regiment in going what are styled the Rounds , where he might observe the forms of visiting the guards , for the seeing that they and their sentries are ready in ...
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... nights . Nobody is well but Mr. Levett . " I am , dear Sir , your most , & c . , " London , July 3 , 1778. " " SAM . JOHNSON . In the course of this year there was a difference between him and his friend Mr. Strahan ; the particulars of ...
... nights . Nobody is well but Mr. Levett . " I am , dear Sir , your most , & c . , " London , July 3 , 1778. " " SAM . JOHNSON . In the course of this year there was a difference between him and his friend Mr. Strahan ; the particulars of ...
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