The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... once met , and both walkers in the street too ! " Mr. Edwards , when going away , again recurred to his con- sciousness of senility , and , looking full in Johnson's face , said to him , " You'll find in Dr. Young , ' O my coevals ...
... once met , and both walkers in the street too ! " Mr. Edwards , when going away , again recurred to his con- sciousness of senility , and , looking full in Johnson's face , said to him , " You'll find in Dr. Young , ' O my coevals ...
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... once more ; and when we must part , it is what happens to all human beings . ' BOSWELL . " The hope that we shall see our departed friends again must support the mind . " JOHNSON . " Why , yes , Sir . " BOSWELL . " There is a strange ...
... once more ; and when we must part , it is what happens to all human beings . ' BOSWELL . " The hope that we shall see our departed friends again must support the mind . " JOHNSON . " Why , yes , Sir . " BOSWELL . " There is a strange ...
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... once dined in company with him , and all he said during the whole time was no more than Richard . How a man should say only Richard , it is not easy to im- agine . But it was thus : Dr. Douglas was talking of Dr. Zachary Grey , and ...
... once dined in company with him , and all he said during the whole time was no more than Richard . How a man should say only Richard , it is not easy to im- agine . But it was thus : Dr. Douglas was talking of Dr. Zachary Grey , and ...
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... once refused ; his first by Garrick , his second by Colman , who was prevailed on at last by much solicitation , nay , a kind of force , to bring it on . His ' Vicar of Wakefield ' I myself did not think would have had much success . It ...
... once refused ; his first by Garrick , his second by Colman , who was prevailed on at last by much solicitation , nay , a kind of force , to bring it on . His ' Vicar of Wakefield ' I myself did not think would have had much success . It ...
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James Boswell. STAT . 09 . OLD AGE . 41 Here my friend for once discovered a want of knowledge or for getfulness ; for Louis the Fourteenth did send an embassy to the King of Siam , ' and the Abbé Choisi , who was employed in it , pub ...
James Boswell. STAT . 09 . OLD AGE . 41 Here my friend for once discovered a want of knowledge or for getfulness ; for Louis the Fourteenth did send an embassy to the King of Siam , ' and the Abbé Choisi , who was employed in it , pub ...
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