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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... dinner to such of his poor friends as might else have gone without one . He had little now to conflict with but what he called his morbid me- lancholy , which , though oppressive , had its inter- missions , and left him the free ...
... dinner to such of his poor friends as might else have gone without one . He had little now to conflict with but what he called his morbid me- lancholy , which , though oppressive , had its inter- missions , and left him the free ...
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... dinner , and then his table was well served with as many dishes as were usual at the tables of the other gentlemen in the neighbourhood . His own appearance , as to clothes , was genteelly neat and plain . He had always a post - chaise ...
... dinner , and then his table was well served with as many dishes as were usual at the tables of the other gentlemen in the neighbourhood . His own appearance , as to clothes , was genteelly neat and plain . He had always a post - chaise ...
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... dinner ? " When once asked what ground he had for such imaginations , he replied , " That a young lady once told him in confidence , that she could never persuade herself to be dressed against the bell rung for dinner , till she had ...
... dinner ? " When once asked what ground he had for such imaginations , he replied , " That a young lady once told him in confidence , that she could never persuade herself to be dressed against the bell rung for dinner , till she had ...
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... dinner on the 16th of October , at my lodgings in Old Bond- street , with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Garrick , Dr. Goldsmith , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Bickerstaff ' , and Mr. Thomas Davies . Garrick played round him with a fond vivacity ...
... dinner on the 16th of October , at my lodgings in Old Bond- street , with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Garrick , Dr. Goldsmith , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Bickerstaff ' , and Mr. Thomas Davies . Garrick played round him with a fond vivacity ...
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... dinner to be served ; adding , " Ought six peo- ple to be kept waiting for one ? " Why , yes ( an- swered Johnson , with a delicate humanity ) , if the one will suffer more by your sitting down , than the six will do by waiting ...
... dinner to be served ; adding , " Ought six peo- ple to be kept waiting for one ? " Why , yes ( an- swered Johnson , with a delicate humanity ) , if the one will suffer more by your sitting down , than the six will do by waiting ...
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