The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... Miss , that she sent one of the gentlemen to inquire who she was . I find all true that you have ever told me at Paris . Mr. Thrale is very liberal , and keeps us two coaches , and a very fine table ; but I think our cookery very bad ...
... Miss , that she sent one of the gentlemen to inquire who she was . I find all true that you have ever told me at Paris . Mr. Thrale is very liberal , and keeps us two coaches , and a very fine table ; but I think our cookery very bad ...
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... Miss Reynolds , who has noted them in her Re- collections . 66 JOHNSON . " The French , sir , are a very silly people . They have no common life . Nothing but the two ends , beggary and no- bility . Sir , they are made up in every thing ...
... Miss Reynolds , who has noted them in her Re- collections . 66 JOHNSON . " The French , sir , are a very silly people . They have no common life . Nothing but the two ends , beggary and no- bility . Sir , they are made up in every thing ...
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... Miss- 1 was an instance of early cultivation , but in what did it termi- nate ? In marrying a little presbyterian parson , who keeps an infant boarding- school , so that all her employment now is , ' To suckle fools , and chronicle ...
... Miss- 1 was an instance of early cultivation , but in what did it termi- nate ? In marrying a little presbyterian parson , who keeps an infant boarding- school , so that all her employment now is , ' To suckle fools , and chronicle ...
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... Miss Adey , were great admirers of Dr. Johnson ; and he behaved to them with a kindness and easy pleasantry , such as we see between old and intimate acquaintance . He accompanied Mrs. Cobb to St. Mary's Church , and I went to the ...
... Miss Adey , were great admirers of Dr. Johnson ; and he behaved to them with a kindness and easy pleasantry , such as we see between old and intimate acquaintance . He accompanied Mrs. Cobb to St. Mary's Church , and I went to the ...
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... Miss Porter's property , and has contributed So many of her manuscripts to this edition . It was to him that Miss Porter addressed , in the presence of Dr. Johnson , that two - edged reproof , which Dr. Johnson repeated to Mrs. Piozzi ...
... Miss Porter's property , and has contributed So many of her manuscripts to this edition . It was to him that Miss Porter addressed , in the presence of Dr. Johnson , that two - edged reproof , which Dr. Johnson repeated to Mrs. Piozzi ...
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