Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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Page 6
... occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as communicated to him by the circum- navigators , slily observed , " Sir , I never before knew how much I was respected by these gentlemen ; they told me none of ...
... occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as communicated to him by the circum- navigators , slily observed , " Sir , I never before knew how much I was respected by these gentlemen ; they told me none of ...
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... occasion of an indictment , The King v . Topham , who , as a proprietor of a newspaper entitled " The World , " was found guilty of a libel against Earl Cowper , deceased , because certain injurious charges against his lordship were ...
... occasion of an indictment , The King v . Topham , who , as a proprietor of a newspaper entitled " The World , " was found guilty of a libel against Earl Cowper , deceased , because certain injurious charges against his lordship were ...
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... occasion for 500l . more , he would lend it to him . He resolved to go out again to the East Indies , and make his fortune anew . He got a considerable appointment , and I had some intention of accompanying him . Had I thought then as I ...
... occasion for 500l . more , he would lend it to him . He resolved to go out again to the East Indies , and make his fortune anew . He got a considerable appointment , and I had some intention of accompanying him . Had I thought then as I ...
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... occasion , in compliment to Thrale . On Sunday , April 7 , Easter - day , after having been at St. Paul's cathedral , I came to Dr. Johnson , according to my usual custom . It seemed to me , that there was always something peculiarly ...
... occasion , in compliment to Thrale . On Sunday , April 7 , Easter - day , after having been at St. Paul's cathedral , I came to Dr. Johnson , according to my usual custom . It seemed to me , that there was always something peculiarly ...
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... occasions . The truth is , that his humane consideration of the forlorn and indigent state in which this lady was left by her father , induced him to treat her with the utmost tenderness , and even to be desirous of procuring her amuse ...
... occasions . The truth is , that his humane consideration of the forlorn and indigent state in which this lady was left by her father , induced him to treat her with the utmost tenderness , and even to be desirous of procuring her amuse ...
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