The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 44
... walked round Grosvenor Square till four in the morning ; in the course of their conversation reform- ing the world , dethroning princes , establishing new forms of government , and giving laws to the several states of Europe , till ...
... walked round Grosvenor Square till four in the morning ; in the course of their conversation reform- ing the world , dethroning princes , establishing new forms of government , and giving laws to the several states of Europe , till ...
Page 113
... walked Johnson , and he cried out Sufflamina , a Latin word , which came from his mouth with peculiar grace , and was as much as to say , ' Put on your drag chain . ' Before we got home , I again walked too fast for him ; and he now ...
... walked Johnson , and he cried out Sufflamina , a Latin word , which came from his mouth with peculiar grace , and was as much as to say , ' Put on your drag chain . ' Before we got home , I again walked too fast for him ; and he now ...
Page 150
... 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 Thames's banks ...
... 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 Thames's banks ...
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