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I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a Johnson observed , that there were very few few days before , “ As I take my shoes from the books printed in Scotland before the Union . He shoemaker , and my coat from the taylor , so I had ...
I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a Johnson observed , that there were very few few days before , “ As I take my shoes from the books printed in Scotland before the Union . He shoemaker , and my coat from the taylor , so I had ...
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The man , Sterne , I have been told , has had wines , reading exquisite poetry . engagements for three months . ” GOLDSMITH , The General observed , that Martinelli was a " And a very dull fellow . " JOHNSON . " Why , no , Whig .
The man , Sterne , I have been told , has had wines , reading exquisite poetry . engagements for three months . ” GOLDSMITH , The General observed , that Martinelli was a " And a very dull fellow . " JOHNSON . " Why , no , Whig .
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I say such a one walked across “ Once he asked Tom Davies , whom he saw the street ; if he really did so , I told a physical drest in a fine suit of clothes , “ And what art thou truth . If I thought so , though I should have been to ...
I say such a one walked across “ Once he asked Tom Davies , whom he saw the street ; if he really did so , I told a physical drest in a fine suit of clothes , “ And what art thou truth . If I thought so , though I should have been to ...
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| Title | Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D |
| Author | JAMES BOSWELL |
| Published | 1952 |
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