The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... sent for me . " BOSWELL . " Richardson ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir : but I sought after George Psalmanazar the most . I used to go and sit with him at an alehouse in the city . " : 3 I am happy to mention another instance which I ...
... sent for me . " BOSWELL . " Richardson ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir : but I sought after George Psalmanazar the most . I used to go and sit with him at an alehouse in the city . " : 3 I am happy to mention another instance which I ...
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... he had been some time in the shop , he sent for me to come out of the coach , and help him to choose a pair of silver buckles , as those he had were too small . Probably this alteration in dress had been suggested by Mrs. Thrale , by 31.
... he had been some time in the shop , he sent for me to come out of the coach , and help him to choose a pair of silver buckles , as those he had were too small . Probably this alteration in dress had been suggested by Mrs. Thrale , by 31.
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... sent ambassadors to Louis the Four teenth , but Louis the Fourteenth sent none to the King of Siam . ” Mrs. Piozzi confidently mentions this as having passed in Scotland . — Anecdotes , p . 62 STAT . 09 . OLD AGE . 41 Here my 40 1778 ...
... sent ambassadors to Louis the Four teenth , but Louis the Fourteenth sent none to the King of Siam . ” Mrs. Piozzi confidently mentions this as having passed in Scotland . — Anecdotes , p . 62 STAT . 09 . OLD AGE . 41 Here my 40 1778 ...
Page 41
... sent by Louis XIV . on an embassy to the King of Siam in 1688 , with a view , it has been said , to convert the king of the country to Christianity . - M . The Chevalier de Chaumont was the ambassador : the Abbé de Choisi was , as ...
... sent by Louis XIV . on an embassy to the King of Siam in 1688 , with a view , it has been said , to convert the king of the country to Christianity . - M . The Chevalier de Chaumont was the ambassador : the Abbé de Choisi was , as ...
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... sent to her from the tav- ern ready drest . 66 Our conversation to - day , I know not how , turned , I think , for the only time at any length , during our long acquaintance , upon the sensual intercourse between the sexes , the delight ...
... sent to her from the tav- ern ready drest . 66 Our conversation to - day , I know not how , turned , I think , for the only time at any length , during our long acquaintance , upon the sensual intercourse between the sexes , the delight ...
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