The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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James Boswell. another . " EDWARDS . 66 never liked to think of being old ) . " Don't let us discourage one Why , doctor , you look stout and hearty . I am happy to see you so ; for the newspapers told us you were very ill . " JOHNSON ...
James Boswell. another . " EDWARDS . 66 never liked to think of being old ) . " Don't let us discourage one Why , doctor , you look stout and hearty . I am happy to see you so ; for the newspapers told us you were very ill . " JOHNSON ...
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... never begun it again . I never felt any difference upon myself from eating one thing rather than another , nor from one kind of weather rather than another . There are people , I believe , who feel a difference ; but I am not one of ...
... never begun it again . I never felt any difference upon myself from eating one thing rather than another , nor from one kind of weather rather than another . There are people , I believe , who feel a difference ; but I am not one of ...
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... never speak till you are spoken to . " The gentleman whom he thus familiarly mentioned , was Mr. Thomas Tyers , son of Mr. Jonathan Tyers , the founder of that ex- cellent place of public amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , which must ever ...
... never speak till you are spoken to . " The gentleman whom he thus familiarly mentioned , was Mr. Thomas Tyers , son of Mr. Jonathan Tyers , the founder of that ex- cellent place of public amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , which must ever ...
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... never sought much after anybody . " BOSWELL . " Lord Orrery , I sup- pose . . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir ; I never went to him but when he sent for me . " BOSWELL . " Richardson ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir : but I sought after George ...
... never sought much after anybody . " BOSWELL . " Lord Orrery , I sup- pose . . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir ; I never went to him but when he sent for me . " BOSWELL . " Richardson ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir : but I sought after George ...
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... excessive Fines , " by Everard Fleetwood , Esq . 8vo , 1731. But it is , probably , a mere coincidence . Mr. Burke , perhaps , never saw that pamphlet . - M . CHAPTER II . 1778 . Buying Buckles- " The first 30 1778 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... excessive Fines , " by Everard Fleetwood , Esq . 8vo , 1731. But it is , probably , a mere coincidence . Mr. Burke , perhaps , never saw that pamphlet . - M . CHAPTER II . 1778 . Buying Buckles- " The first 30 1778 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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