Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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Page 68
... boat , and rowed to Billings- gate . Beauclerk and Johnson were so well pleased with their amusement , that they resolved to per- severe in dissipation for the rest of the day : but Langton deserted them , being engaged to break- fast ...
... boat , and rowed to Billings- gate . Beauclerk and Johnson were so well pleased with their amusement , that they resolved to per- severe in dissipation for the rest of the day : but Langton deserted them , being engaged to break- fast ...
Page 234
... boat overset between Mull and Ulva , in which many passengers were lost , and among them Maclean of Col. We , you know , were once drowned ; 2 I hope , therefore , that the story is either wantonly or erroneously told . Pray satisfy me ...
... boat overset between Mull and Ulva , in which many passengers were lost , and among them Maclean of Col. We , you know , were once drowned ; 2 I hope , therefore , that the story is either wantonly or erroneously told . Pray satisfy me ...
Page 282
... boat to cross over to Black- friars ; and as we moved along the Thames , I talked to him of a little volume , which , alto- gether unknown to him , was advertised to be published in a few days , under the title of John- soniana , or Bon ...
... boat to cross over to Black- friars ; and as we moved along the Thames , I talked to him of a little volume , which , alto- gether unknown to him , was advertised to be published in a few days , under the title of John- soniana , or Bon ...
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