The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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Page 95
... pleased with my paying so great at- tention to his recommendation in 1763 , the period when our acquaintance began , that I should keep a journal ; and I could perceive he was secretly pleased to find so much of the fruit of his mind ...
... pleased with my paying so great at- tention to his recommendation in 1763 , the period when our acquaintance began , that I should keep a journal ; and I could perceive he was secretly pleased to find so much of the fruit of his mind ...
Page 182
... pleased with those who partake pleasure with them . But after a man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine ( 1 ) , any other con- sideration is a trifle . To please others by ...
... pleased with those who partake pleasure with them . But after a man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine ( 1 ) , any other con- sideration is a trifle . To please others by ...
Page 363
... pleased with the conversation of that learned gentleman ; and , after he was gone , said to Mr. Langton , Sir , I am obliged to ' you for having asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man . ( 1 ) I do not know when I have had an ...
... pleased with the conversation of that learned gentleman ; and , after he was gone , said to Mr. Langton , Sir , I am obliged to ' you for having asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man . ( 1 ) I do not know when I have had an ...
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CHAPTER II | 49 |
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