The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1Dent, 1949 |
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Page 283
... talked of the wretched life of such women , and agreed , that much more misery than happiness , upon the whole , is produced by illicit commerce between the sexes . On Saturday , July 30 , Dr. Johnson and I took a sculler at the Temple ...
... talked of the wretched life of such women , and agreed , that much more misery than happiness , upon the whole , is produced by illicit commerce between the sexes . On Saturday , July 30 , Dr. Johnson and I took a sculler at the Temple ...
Page 353
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? " Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? " Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
Page 637
... talked of a book in which an eminent judge was arraigned before the bar of the publick , as having pro- nounced an unjust decision in a great cause . Dr. Johnson maintained that this publication would not give any uneasiness to the ...
... talked of a book in which an eminent judge was arraigned before the bar of the publick , as having pro- nounced an unjust decision in a great cause . Dr. Johnson maintained that this publication would not give any uneasiness to the ...
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