The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 110
... dined tête - à - tête at the Mitre , as I was preparing to return to Ireland , after an absence of many years . I regretted much leaving London , where I had formed many agreeable connections . Sir , ' said he , ' I don't wonder at it ...
... dined tête - à - tête at the Mitre , as I was preparing to return to Ireland , after an absence of many years . I regretted much leaving London , where I had formed many agreeable connections . Sir , ' said he , ' I don't wonder at it ...
Page 134
... dined in the room where he and I first supped together . He gave me great hopes of my cause . Sir , " said he , " the government of a school- master is somewhat of the nature of military government ' ; that is to say , it must be ...
... dined in the room where he and I first supped together . He gave me great hopes of my cause . Sir , " said he , " the government of a school- master is somewhat of the nature of military government ' ; that is to say , it must be ...
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... dined at general Paoli's . A question was started whether the state of marriage was natural to man . JOHNSON . " Sir , it is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage , that we find all 140 [ 1772 ...
... dined at general Paoli's . A question was started whether the state of marriage was natural to man . JOHNSON . " Sir , it is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage , that we find all 140 [ 1772 ...
Page 148
... dined with him at sir Alex- ander Macdonald's , where was a young officer in the regi- mentals of the Scots royal , who talked with a vivacity , fluency , and precision so uncommon , that he attracted par- ticular attention . He proved ...
... dined with him at sir Alex- ander Macdonald's , where was a young officer in the regi- mentals of the Scots royal , who talked with a vivacity , fluency , and precision so uncommon , that he attracted par- ticular attention . He proved ...
Page 152
... dined with him at general Oglethorpe's , where we found Dr. Goldsmith . Armorial bearings having been mentioned , Johnson said they were as ancient as the siege of Thebes , which he proved by a passage in one of the tragedies of ...
... dined with him at general Oglethorpe's , where we found Dr. Goldsmith . Armorial bearings having been mentioned , Johnson said they were as ancient as the siege of Thebes , which he proved by a passage in one of the tragedies of ...
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