The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... observed at breakfast , that although it was a part of his abstemious discipline , on this most solemn fast , to ... observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL ...
... observed at breakfast , that although it was a part of his abstemious discipline , on this most solemn fast , to ... observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL ...
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... observed in his letter to me upon the subject , that a great part of what was in his " Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland " had been in his mind before he left London . JOHNSON . " Why , yes , Sir , the topics were ; and books ...
... observed in his letter to me upon the subject , that a great part of what was in his " Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland " had been in his mind before he left London . JOHNSON . " Why , yes , Sir , the topics were ; and books ...
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James Boswell. ASTAT . 68 . OLIVER EDWARDS . 13 what to observe , his power of contrasting one mode of life with another . As ... observed with pleasure . And now I am to give a pretty full account of one of the most curious incidents in ...
James Boswell. ASTAT . 68 . OLIVER EDWARDS . 13 what to observe , his power of contrasting one mode of life with another . As ... observed with pleasure . And now I am to give a pretty full account of one of the most curious incidents in ...
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... observed there . " ED- WARDS . " Don't you eat supper , Sir ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir . " ED- WARDS . " For my part , now , I consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass in order to get to bed . " JOHNSON . " You are a ...
... observed there . " ED- WARDS . " Don't you eat supper , Sir ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir . " ED- WARDS . " For my part , now , I consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass in order to get to bed . " JOHNSON . " You are a ...
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... observed , " how wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years , without having ever once met , and both walkers in the street too ! " Mr. Edwards , when going away , again recurred to his con- sciousness of senility ...
... observed , " how wonderful it was that they had both been in London forty years , without having ever once met , and both walkers in the street too ! " Mr. Edwards , when going away , again recurred to his con- sciousness of senility ...
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