Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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Page 207
... told of him , than one truth which he does not wish should be told . " GOLD- SMITH : " For my part , I'd tell truth , and shame the devil . " JOHNSON : " Yes , Sir ; but the devil will be angry . I wish to shame the devil as much as you ...
... told of him , than one truth which he does not wish should be told . " GOLD- SMITH : " For my part , I'd tell truth , and shame the devil . " JOHNSON : " Yes , Sir ; but the devil will be angry . I wish to shame the devil as much as you ...
Page 233
... told of the danger there was , that a gun might burst if charged with many balls , he put in six or seven , and fired it off against a wall . Mr. Langton told me , that when they were swimming together near Oxford , he cau- tioned Dr ...
... told of the danger there was , that a gun might burst if charged with many balls , he put in six or seven , and fired it off against a wall . Mr. Langton told me , that when they were swimming together near Oxford , he cau- tioned Dr ...
Page 359
... told me , that when he was a boy at which I could depend upon as authentic the Charter - house , his father wrote to him concerning you , Mr. Strahan being the to go and pay a visit to Mr. Samuel John- printer of it . Í did not see the ...
... told me , that when he was a boy at which I could depend upon as authentic the Charter - house , his father wrote to him concerning you , Mr. Strahan being the to go and pay a visit to Mr. Samuel John- printer of it . Í did not see the ...
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