The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... recollect , and he will be sensible how small a part of his time is employed in talking or thinking of Shakspeare , Voltaire , or any of the most celebrated men that have ever lived , or are now supposed to occupy the attention and ...
... recollect , and he will be sensible how small a part of his time is employed in talking or thinking of Shakspeare , Voltaire , or any of the most celebrated men that have ever lived , or are now supposed to occupy the attention and ...
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... recollect you . Do you re- member our drinking together at an alehouse near Pembroke - gate ? At that time , you told me of the Eton boy , who , when verses on our Saviour's turn- ing water into wine were prescribed as an exercise ...
... recollect you . Do you re- member our drinking together at an alehouse near Pembroke - gate ? At that time , you told me of the Eton boy , who , when verses on our Saviour's turn- ing water into wine were prescribed as an exercise ...
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... recollect the cause . After dinner , when Mr. Langton was called out of the room , and we were by ourselves , he drew his ( 1 ) Lord Wellesley has been so obliging as to give me the following account of the cause of this quarrel ...
... recollect the cause . After dinner , when Mr. Langton was called out of the room , and we were by ourselves , he drew his ( 1 ) Lord Wellesley has been so obliging as to give me the following account of the cause of this quarrel ...
Contents
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CHAPTER II | 49 |
Literature Old Age Unius Lacertæ Potters | 82 |
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