The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides: In Five Volumes, Volume 2Murray, 1831 - 571 pages |
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Page 202
... Prince Charles ' , at dinner . He was then very merry , and talked occasionally of many things with his attendants . Among other things , he said , that if he were necessitated to take any particu- lar profession of life , he could not ...
... Prince Charles ' , at dinner . He was then very merry , and talked occasionally of many things with his attendants . Among other things , he said , that if he were necessitated to take any particu- lar profession of life , he could not ...
Page 418
... prince by courtesy cannot be denied ; because his mother was the daughter of Sobiesky , king of Poland . I shall , therefore , on that account alone , distinguish him by the name of Prince Charles Edward . - BOSWELL . [ The generosity ...
... prince by courtesy cannot be denied ; because his mother was the daughter of Sobiesky , king of Poland . I shall , therefore , on that account alone , distinguish him by the name of Prince Charles Edward . - BOSWELL . [ The generosity ...
Page 419
... Prince Charles being lying , at John Duke of Argyle's , at Adderbury , in the same bed in which Wilmot , Earl of Rochester , had slept : " With no poetick ardour fired , I press the bed where Wilmot lay ; That here he lived , or here ...
... Prince Charles being lying , at John Duke of Argyle's , at Adderbury , in the same bed in which Wilmot , Earl of Rochester , had slept : " With no poetick ardour fired , I press the bed where Wilmot lay ; That here he lived , or here ...
Page 421
... Prince Charles was in London in 1759 , and that there was then a plan in agitation for restoring his family . Dr. Johnson could scarcely credit this story , and said , there could be no probable plan at that time . Such an attempt could ...
... Prince Charles was in London in 1759 , and that there was then a plan in agitation for restoring his family . Dr. Johnson could scarcely credit this story , and said , there could be no probable plan at that time . Such an attempt could ...
Page 424
... Charles the First , or even a prince of that house much nearer the time , in order to assert the claim of the posterity of Baliol . However convinced I am of the justice of that principle , which holds allegiance and protection to be ...
... Charles the First , or even a prince of that house much nearer the time , in order to assert the claim of the posterity of Baliol . However convinced I am of the justice of that principle , which holds allegiance and protection to be ...
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