The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's fa- mily , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoyment , was not without some degree of restraint : not , as has been grossly suggested , that it was required of him as a ...
... pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's fa- mily , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoyment , was not without some degree of restraint : not , as has been grossly suggested , that it was required of him as a ...
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James Boswell. dinner at sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the conscientious accuracy of that celebrated circum- navigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his voyages ...
James Boswell. dinner at sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the conscientious accuracy of that celebrated circum- navigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his voyages ...
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... pleased with our inn at Bristol . " Let us see now , " said I , " how we should describe it . " Johnson was ready with his raillery : " Describe it , sir ? -Why , it was so bad that Boswell wished to be in Scotland ! " After Dr ...
... pleased with our inn at Bristol . " Let us see now , " said I , " how we should describe it . " Johnson was ready with his raillery : " Describe it , sir ? -Why , it was so bad that Boswell wished to be in Scotland ! " After Dr ...
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... pleased , and exclaimed , " Well ; he does his work in a workman- like mannerf . " f As a proof of Dr. Johnson's extraordinary powers of composition , it appears from the original manuscript of this excellent dissertation , of which he ...
... pleased , and exclaimed , " Well ; he does his work in a workman- like mannerf . " f As a proof of Dr. Johnson's extraordinary powers of composition , it appears from the original manuscript of this excellent dissertation , of which he ...
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... pleased to be one of 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 out together , to see that he was ready in time , and to ...
... pleased to be one of 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 out together , to see that he was ready in time , and to ...
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