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that the Doctor had been lately at Oxford , When I mentioned to Johnson this story , and asked him if he was not fond of going in as delicate terms as I could , he told me thither . To which Johnson answered , that that the fifty ...
that the Doctor had been lately at Oxford , When I mentioned to Johnson this story , and asked him if he was not fond of going in as delicate terms as I could , he told me thither . To which Johnson answered , that that the fifty ...
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His Majesty then talked of the been contented to tell the world no more controversy between Warburton and Lowth , than he knew , he might have been a very which he seemed to have read , and asked considerable man , and needed not to ...
His Majesty then talked of the been contented to tell the world no more controversy between Warburton and Lowth , than he knew , he might have been a very which he seemed to have read , and asked considerable man , and needed not to ...
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When asked , “ What fame , worshipping in “ the solemn temple ” is it , Sir ? ” he answered , “ Mr. Thrale has of his native city . lost his only son ! ” This was , no doubt , a I returned to tea and coffee at Mr. Peter very great ...
When asked , “ What fame , worshipping in “ the solemn temple ” is it , Sir ? ” he answered , “ Mr. Thrale has of his native city . lost his only son ! ” This was , no doubt , a I returned to tea and coffee at Mr. Peter very great ...
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| Title | Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | H. Washbourne, 1857 |
| Length | 580 pages |
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