The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... lived in the wilds of Neuf- chatel : I had as great a curiosity to dine with DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON , in the dusky recess of a court in Fleet Street . I supposed we should scarcely have knives and forks , and only some strange , uncouth ...
... lived in the wilds of Neuf- chatel : I had as great a curiosity to dine with DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON , in the dusky recess of a court in Fleet Street . I supposed we should scarcely have knives and forks , and only some strange , uncouth ...
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... lived many years in intimacy with you . It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them , that the greatest wit may be found in a character , without impairing the most unaffected piety . " B. 2 See an account of this learned ...
... lived many years in intimacy with you . It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them , that the greatest wit may be found in a character , without impairing the most unaffected piety . " B. 2 See an account of this learned ...
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... lived much with Charles Townshend , ' and that he ventured to tell 1 The Rt . Hon . Charles Townshend ( 1725-67 ) , a man of great reputation among his contemporaries , as a statesman , an orator , and a wit . He held many high offices ...
... lived much with Charles Townshend , ' and that he ventured to tell 1 The Rt . Hon . Charles Townshend ( 1725-67 ) , a man of great reputation among his contemporaries , as a statesman , an orator , and a wit . He held many high offices ...
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... ( afterwards Sir W. ) Pepys , a Master in Chancery , a frequent visitor at Streatham , between whom and Johnson there was no good will . Croker . ON SUICIDES 17 an officer who had actually lived for 16 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... ( afterwards Sir W. ) Pepys , a Master in Chancery , a frequent visitor at Streatham , between whom and Johnson there was no good will . Croker . ON SUICIDES 17 an officer who had actually lived for 16 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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James Boswell. ON SUICIDES 17 an officer who had actually lived for some time in the wilds of America , of whom , when in that state , he quoted this reflection with an air of admiration , as if it had been deeply philosophical : " Here ...
James Boswell. ON SUICIDES 17 an officer who had actually lived for some time in the wilds of America , of whom , when in that state , he quoted this reflection with an air of admiration , as if it had been deeply philosophical : " Here ...
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