The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... dined with Bocage 6 , the Marquis Blanchetti , and his lady - The sweetmeats taken by the Marchioness Blanchetti , after observing that they were dear — Mr . Le Roy , Count Manucci , the abbé , the prior , and Father Wilsons , who staid ...
... dined with Bocage 6 , the Marquis Blanchetti , and his lady - The sweetmeats taken by the Marchioness Blanchetti , after observing that they were dear — Mr . Le Roy , Count Manucci , the abbé , the prior , and Father Wilsons , who staid ...
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... dined with us - I waited on them home- Their garden pretty , with covered walks , but small ; yet may hold many students- . The doctors of the Sorbonne are all equal- choose those who succeed to vacancies- Profit little . " Wednesday ...
... dined with us - I waited on them home- Their garden pretty , with covered walks , but small ; yet may hold many students- . The doctors of the Sorbonne are all equal- choose those who succeed to vacancies- Profit little . " Wednesday ...
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... dined with us - This day we began to have a fire - The weather is grown very cold , and , I fear , has a bad effect upon my breath , which has grown much more free and easy in this country . 66 nary seems to be about five guineas a day ...
... dined with us - This day we began to have a fire - The weather is grown very cold , and , I fear , has a bad effect upon my breath , which has grown much more free and easy in this country . 66 nary seems to be about five guineas a day ...
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... dined in company with him at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , and at Dr. Douglas's , now Bishop of Salisbury . Upon both occasions that celebrated foreigner ex- pressed his astonishment at Johnson's Latin conversation . [ The conversation at Dr ...
... dined in company with him at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , and at Dr. Douglas's , now Bishop of Salisbury . Upon both occasions that celebrated foreigner ex- pressed his astonishment at Johnson's Latin conversation . [ The conversation at Dr ...
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... dined together . I was as civil as I had the means of being . " I have had a letter from Rasay , ac- knowledging , with great appearance of sat- isfaction , the insertion in the Edinburg pa- per . I am very glad that it was done . 66 My ...
... dined together . I was as civil as I had the means of being . " I have had a letter from Rasay , ac- knowledging , with great appearance of sat- isfaction , the insertion in the Edinburg pa- per . I am very glad that it was done . 66 My ...
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