The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 166
... honour , Sir , I did not mean to be uncivil . ' JOHNSON ' I cannot say so , Sir ; for I did mean to be uncivil ... honoured by your attention in any way . ' JOHNSON . ' Come , Sir , let's have no 166 1756-1764.
... honour , Sir , I did not mean to be uncivil . ' JOHNSON ' I cannot say so , Sir ; for I did mean to be uncivil ... honoured by your attention in any way . ' JOHNSON . ' Come , Sir , let's have no 166 1756-1764.
Page 325
... honours of birth , ' he said , ' for I can hardly tell who was my grandfather . ' When the Rev William Maxwell stepped ... honour . ' Boswell said that he preferred to be known as Mr Johnson and addressed as Samuel Johnson , Esquire ...
... honours of birth , ' he said , ' for I can hardly tell who was my grandfather . ' When the Rev William Maxwell stepped ... honour . ' Boswell said that he preferred to be known as Mr Johnson and addressed as Samuel Johnson , Esquire ...
Page 337
... honour , Johnson replied , ' Yes , Sir , it does her honour , but it would do nobody else honour . I have , indeed , not read it all . But when I take up the end of a web , and find it packthread , I do not expect , by looking further ...
... honour , Johnson replied , ' Yes , Sir , it does her honour , but it would do nobody else honour . I have , indeed , not read it all . But when I take up the end of a web , and find it packthread , I do not expect , by looking further ...
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