The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period ...
... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period ...
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... once took a fancy to associate with the wits of London ; but with so little success , that Foote said , " What can he mean by coming among us ? He is not only dull him- self , but the cause of dullness in others . " Trying him by the ...
... once took a fancy to associate with the wits of London ; but with so little success , that Foote said , " What can he mean by coming among us ? He is not only dull him- self , but the cause of dullness in others . " Trying him by the ...
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... once talked to him of some of the sayings which every body repeats , but nobody knows where to find , such as , Quos DEUS vult perdere , prius dementat ; he told me that he was once offered ten guineas to point out from whence Semel ...
... once talked to him of some of the sayings which every body repeats , but nobody knows where to find , such as , Quos DEUS vult perdere , prius dementat ; he told me that he was once offered ten guineas to point out from whence Semel ...
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