Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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Page 81
... common shore , Where France does all her filth and ordure pour . ' OLDHAM . ' The common shore of Paris and of Rome . ' JOHNSON . and , ' No calling or profession comes amiss , A needy monsieur can be what he please . ' OLDHAM . ' All ...
... common shore , Where France does all her filth and ordure pour . ' OLDHAM . ' The common shore of Paris and of Rome . ' JOHNSON . and , ' No calling or profession comes amiss , A needy monsieur can be what he please . ' OLDHAM . ' All ...
Page 657
... COMMON ROOMS 6 657 Dr. Adams told us , that in some of the Colleges at Oxford , the fellows had excluded the students from social intercourse with them in the common room . JOHNSON . They are in the right , Sir : there can be no real ...
... COMMON ROOMS 6 657 Dr. Adams told us , that in some of the Colleges at Oxford , the fellows had excluded the students from social intercourse with them in the common room . JOHNSON . They are in the right , Sir : there can be no real ...
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... common soldiers are worse thought of than other men in the same rank of life ; such as labourers . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , a common soldier is usually a very gross man , and any quality which procures respect may be overwhelmed by ...
... common soldiers are worse thought of than other men in the same rank of life ; such as labourers . ' JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , a common soldier is usually a very gross man , and any quality which procures respect may be overwhelmed by ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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