The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... talked [ No date . ] " I am pretty much of your opinion , that the eldest Mr. Macbean , who was with Mr. Cham- with you about a Military Dictionary . The Commentary cannot be prosecuted with any ap bers , has very good materials for ...
... talked [ No date . ] " I am pretty much of your opinion , that the eldest Mr. Macbean , who was with Mr. Cham- with you about a Military Dictionary . The Commentary cannot be prosecuted with any ap bers , has very good materials for ...
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... talked much of his Cabiri . As we returned to Oxford in the evening , I outwalked Johnson , and he cried out Sufflamina , a Latin word , which came from his mouth with peculiar grace , and was as much as to say , Put on your drag chain ...
... talked much of his Cabiri . As we returned to Oxford in the evening , I outwalked Johnson , and he cried out Sufflamina , a Latin word , which came from his mouth with peculiar grace , and was as much as to say , Put on your drag chain ...
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... talked and mused , while you have roved over a con- siderable part of Europe ; yet I have not envied my Baretti of his pleasures , though , perhaps , I have envied others his company and I am glad to have other nations made acquainted ...
... talked and mused , while you have roved over a con- siderable part of Europe ; yet I have not envied my Baretti of his pleasures , though , perhaps , I have envied others his company and I am glad to have other nations made acquainted ...
Page 93
... talked of the dockers , as the inhabitants of the new town were called , as upstarts and aliens . Plymouth is very plentifully supplied with water by a river brought into it from a great distance , which is so abundant that it runs to ...
... talked of the dockers , as the inhabitants of the new town were called , as upstarts and aliens . Plymouth is very plentifully supplied with water by a river brought into it from a great distance , which is so abundant that it runs to ...
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... talked to him of the paternal estate to which I was heir , he said , " Sir , let me tell you , that to be a Scotch landlord , where you have a number of families dependent upon you , and attached to you , is , perhaps , as high a ...
... talked to him of the paternal estate to which I was heir , he said , " Sir , let me tell you , that to be a Scotch landlord , where you have a number of families dependent upon you , and attached to you , is , perhaps , as high a ...
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