The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... Beauclerk ; who , though their opinions and modes of life were so different , that it seemed utterly improbable that ... Beauclerk's being of the St. Alban's family , and , having , in some particulars , a resemblance to Charles the ...
... Beauclerk ; who , though their opinions and modes of life were so different , that it seemed utterly improbable that ... Beauclerk's being of the St. Alban's family , and , having , in some particulars , a resemblance to Charles the ...
Page 147
... Beauclerk not seeming to relish the compliment , Johnson said , " Nay , Sir , Alexander the Great , marching in triumph into Babylon , could not have desired to have had more said to him . " Johnson was some time with Beauclerk at his ...
... Beauclerk not seeming to relish the compliment , Johnson said , " Nay , Sir , Alexander the Great , marching in triumph into Babylon , could not have desired to have had more said to him . " Johnson was some time with Beauclerk at his ...
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... Beauclerk , by asking him as to one of his particularities , which her Lady- ship laid I durst not do . It seems he had been frequently observed at the club to put into his pocket the Seville oranges , after he had squeezed the juice of ...
... Beauclerk , by asking him as to one of his particularities , which her Lady- ship laid I durst not do . It seems he had been frequently observed at the club to put into his pocket the Seville oranges , after he had squeezed the juice of ...
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