The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 150
... turned , walked downstream to Billingsgate and re - embarked there . On stepping ashore at Greenwich , Boswell picked a copy of Johnson's London from his pocket , and , as he had earlier practised , read aloud with enthusiasm : On ...
... turned , walked downstream to Billingsgate and re - embarked there . On stepping ashore at Greenwich , Boswell picked a copy of Johnson's London from his pocket , and , as he had earlier practised , read aloud with enthusiasm : On ...
Page 242
... turned to West and said to him that his young friend spoke very good English . Then , turning to Stuart , he asked him where he learned it . The young American very promptly and effectively replied , " Sir , I can better tell you where ...
... turned to West and said to him that his young friend spoke very good English . Then , turning to Stuart , he asked him where he learned it . The young American very promptly and effectively replied , " Sir , I can better tell you where ...
Page 275
... turning to Wilkes , ' I lately took my friend Boswell , and showed him . genuine civilized life in an English provincial town . I turned him loose at Lichfield , my native city , that he might see for once real civility . For , you know ...
... turning to Wilkes , ' I lately took my friend Boswell , and showed him . genuine civilized life in an English provincial town . I turned him loose at Lichfield , my native city , that he might see for once real civility . For , you know ...
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