The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... ment , except a few fluttering rags , like those which dangle from a dyer's pole into the street ; and in that room we sat telling opinions , adventures , & c . till supper was served , which the men said was an execra- ble one , and I ...
... ment , except a few fluttering rags , like those which dangle from a dyer's pole into the street ; and in that room we sat telling opinions , adventures , & c . till supper was served , which the men said was an execra- ble one , and I ...
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... ment , as our time was chiefly passed among the English . " - Lett . - ED . ] 7 [ This building , which stood in the Faubourg St. Honoré , was a kind of Ranelagh , and was destroyed a few years after . The " Memoires de Bachaumont ...
... ment , as our time was chiefly passed among the English . " - Lett . - ED . ] 7 [ This building , which stood in the Faubourg St. Honoré , was a kind of Ranelagh , and was destroyed a few years after . The " Memoires de Bachaumont ...
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... ment given by the Gardes du Corps , on the 1st October , 1789 ; of which innocent and , indeed , laudable testimony of attachment between them 66 Monday , 23d October . - Last night I 14 [ TOUR IN 1775. - ETAT . 66 .
... ment given by the Gardes du Corps , on the 1st October , 1789 ; of which innocent and , indeed , laudable testimony of attachment between them 66 Monday , 23d October . - Last night I 14 [ TOUR IN 1775. - ETAT . 66 .
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... ment , for why , I urged , should it not be equally allowable to solicit that as the means of consequence , as it is to solicit votes to be elected a member of parliament ? Mr. Strahan had told me that a country- man of his and mine ...
... ment , for why , I urged , should it not be equally allowable to solicit that as the means of consequence , as it is to solicit votes to be elected a member of parliament ? Mr. Strahan had told me that a country- man of his and mine ...
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... ment too very powerful and very pleasing : but it has not its full proportion in his con- versation . " When we were by ourselves he told me , " Forty years ago , sir , I was in love with an actress here , Mrs. Emmet , who acted Flora ...
... ment too very powerful and very pleasing : but it has not its full proportion in his con- versation . " When we were by ourselves he told me , " Forty years ago , sir , I was in love with an actress here , Mrs. Emmet , who acted Flora ...
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