The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... compliments to Mrs. Langton , and to dear Miss Langton , and Miss Di , and Miss Juliet , and to every body else . " THE CLUB holds very well together . Monday is my night . I continue to rise tolerably well , and read more than I did ...
... compliments to Mrs. Langton , and to dear Miss Langton , and Miss Di , and Miss Juliet , and to every body else . " THE CLUB holds very well together . Monday is my night . I continue to rise tolerably well , and read more than I did ...
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... compliments to young Mr. Drummond , whom I hope you will live to see such as you desire him . I have not lately seen Mr. Elphinston , but believe him to be prosperous . I shall be glad to hear the same of 66 you , for I am , sir ...
... compliments to young Mr. Drummond , whom I hope you will live to see such as you desire him . I have not lately seen Mr. Elphinston , but believe him to be prosperous . I shall be glad to hear the same of 66 you , for I am , sir ...
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... compliment ; and it was fit for a king to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high compliment , he answered , “ No , sir ; when the king had said it , it ...
... compliment ; and it was fit for a king to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high compliment , he answered , “ No , sir ; when the king had said it , it ...
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... compliments to Mrs. Clapp and to Mr. Fowler , May 28 , 1768 . " Yours affectionately , SAM . JOHNSON . " Soon afterwards , he supped at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in the Strand , with a company whom I collected to meet him . There ...
... compliments to Mrs. Clapp and to Mr. Fowler , May 28 , 1768 . " Yours affectionately , SAM . JOHNSON . " Soon afterwards , he supped at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in the Strand , with a company whom I collected to meet him . There ...
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... compliment to the first , by showing that she made him so happy as a married man , that he wishes to be so a second time . " So ingenious a turn did he give to this delicate question . And yet , on another occasion , he owned that he ...
... compliment to the first , by showing that she made him so happy as a married man , that he wishes to be so a second time . " So ingenious a turn did he give to this delicate question . And yet , on another occasion , he owned that he ...
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