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" Wednesday I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine out together, to see that he was ready in time, and to accompany him. I found him buffeting his books, as upon a former occasion, covered with dust, and making... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 23
by James Boswell - 1863
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Representative Biographies of English Men of Letters

Charles Townsend Copeland - 1909 - 666 pages
...his guests on the day appointed. Upon the much-expected Wednesday, I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Dilly's ? " JOHNSON. " Sir, I did not think of going to Dilly's : it went out of my head. I have ordered dinner...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - 1852
...his guests on the day appointed. Upon the much-expected Wednesday, I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Dilly's ? " JOHNSON : " Sir, I did not think of going to Dilly's : it went out of my head. I have ordered dinner...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1910 - 548 pages
...his guests on the day appointed. Upon the much-expected Wednesday, I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Dilly's ?" JOHNSON. " Sir, I did not think of going to Dilly's : it went out of my head. I have ordered dinner...
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An Anthology of Modern English Prose (1741 to 1892)

Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1911 - 488 pages
...guests on the day appointed. Upon the much expected Wednesday, I called upon.him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Dilly's?" Johnson. "Sir, I did not think of going to Dilly's; it went out of my head. I have ordered dinner at...
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 pages
...his guests on the day appointed. Upon the much expected Wednesday, I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...see that he was ready in time, and to accompany him. . . . When we entered Mr. Dilly's drawing-room, he found himself in the midst of a company he did not...
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pages
...his guests on the day appointed. Upon the much expected Wednesday, I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...see that he was ready in time, and to accompany him. . . . When we entered Mr. Dilly's drawing-room, he found himself in the midst of a company he did not...
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...his guests on the day appointed. Upon the much expected Wednesday, I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...see that he was ready in time, and to accompany him. . . . When we entered Mr. Dilly's drawing-room, he found himself in the midst of a company he did not...
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Selections from Boswell's Life of Johnson

James Boswell - 1912 - 106 pages
...his guests on the day appointed. Upon the much-expected Wednesday I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Dilly's?" Johnson: "Sir, I did not think of going to Dilly's: it went out of my head. I have ordered dinner at...
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Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1916 - 370 pages
...his guests on the day appointed. Upon the much expected Wednesday, I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...I). Don't you recollect that you are to dine at Mr. Billy's?" JOHNSON. "Sir, I did not think of going to Dilly's; it went out of my head. I have ordered...
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The Story of Doctor Johnson: Being an Introduction to Boswell's Life

Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 pages
...there, what is that tome, Sir?'" " Upon the much-expected Wednesday, I called on him about half an hour before dinner, as I often did when we were to dine...occasion, covered with dust, and making no preparation for goingabroad. 'How is this, Sir ? (said I.) Don't you recollect that you are to dine at Mr Dilly's ?'...
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