The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 34
... pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking does ; though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ; as ...
... pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking does ; though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ; as ...
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... pleasure in dwelling longer on the vices of so pitiful a being as Hayley , or in exposing further the particular pas- sage in the painter's history to which we have alluded . Romney died at Kendal in Lancashire , of which county he was ...
... pleasure in dwelling longer on the vices of so pitiful a being as Hayley , or in exposing further the particular pas- sage in the painter's history to which we have alluded . Romney died at Kendal in Lancashire , of which county he was ...
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... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; -or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " - " Sir , sir ; I am obliged to you , sir , ” cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him ...
... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; -or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " - " Sir , sir ; I am obliged to you , sir , ” cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him ...
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... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that plea- sure was abated . " Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well I dined with him the other day . : " " ***** It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening of the ...
... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that plea- sure was abated . " Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well I dined with him the other day . : " " ***** It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening of the ...
Page 75
... pleasure of becoming acquainted with him in London in the spring of this year . - Boswell . b Prayers and Meditations , vol . ix . p . 256 . Being , " from whom cometh down every good and ÆTAT . 67. ] 75 DR . JOHNSON .
... pleasure of becoming acquainted with him in London in the spring of this year . - Boswell . b Prayers and Meditations , vol . ix . p . 256 . Being , " from whom cometh down every good and ÆTAT . 67. ] 75 DR . JOHNSON .
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