The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 39
... discussion , the names of the speakers , the side they took , the order in which they rose , together with notes of the arguments advanced in the course of the debate . The whole was afterwards com- municated to me , and I composed the ...
... discussion , the names of the speakers , the side they took , the order in which they rose , together with notes of the arguments advanced in the course of the debate . The whole was afterwards com- municated to me , and I composed the ...
Page 168
... discussion ; he said that he liked best the description of him by Tom Tyers who observed that ' like the ghost he never spoke till he was spoken to ' . Sometimes , in fact , he could not be prevailed upon to speak at all : at one dinner ...
... discussion ; he said that he liked best the description of him by Tom Tyers who observed that ' like the ghost he never spoke till he was spoken to ' . Sometimes , in fact , he could not be prevailed upon to speak at all : at one dinner ...
Page 196
... discussion had a steward who had dunned William Shenstone for his rent . Now , if Shenstone was , indeed , a tenant of his , why had he not paid the rent ? After dinner , Mr Cator had started to read the book so that he could better ...
... discussion had a steward who had dunned William Shenstone for his rent . Now , if Shenstone was , indeed , a tenant of his , why had he not paid the rent ? After dinner , Mr Cator had started to read the book so that he could better ...
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