The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 69
... given him permission to be so , he said : ' My wife told me I might lie with as many women as I pleased , provided I loved her alone . ' ' She was not in earnest ! ' ' But she was . Consider , Sir , how gross it is in a wife to complain ...
... given him permission to be so , he said : ' My wife told me I might lie with as many women as I pleased , provided I loved her alone . ' ' She was not in earnest ! ' ' But she was . Consider , Sir , how gross it is in a wife to complain ...
Page 116
... given me pain , not from the power of what you said , but from seeing your intention . ' Yet Johnson could never remain put out by Beauclerk for long ; he was too amusing , his fundamental good- nature was too beguiling . Even the dour ...
... given me pain , not from the power of what you said , but from seeing your intention . ' Yet Johnson could never remain put out by Beauclerk for long ; he was too amusing , his fundamental good- nature was too beguiling . Even the dour ...
Page 128
... given to him to find fault with him he should at the end of the month be as much at a loss as at the beginning ' . He could not have chosen a better adviser . He went round to see Reynolds at his house at 47 Leicester Fields ( now ...
... given to him to find fault with him he should at the end of the month be as much at a loss as at the beginning ' . He could not have chosen a better adviser . He went round to see Reynolds at his house at 47 Leicester Fields ( now ...
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