The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Including A Journal of a Tour to the HebridesHarper & Brothers, 1863 |
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Page 47
... attention , as you can , upon your ac- customed duties and accustomed entertain- ments . You can do no more for our dear boy , but you must not therefore think less on those whom your attention may make fitter for the place to which he ...
... attention , as you can , upon your ac- customed duties and accustomed entertain- ments . You can do no more for our dear boy , but you must not therefore think less on those whom your attention may make fitter for the place to which he ...
Page 405
... attention in any way . " JOHNSON . " Come , sir , let's have no more of it . We offended one another by our contention ; let us not offend the company by our com- pliments . " Mr. ***** . " Sir , I am honoured " your friends would do ...
... attention in any way . " JOHNSON . " Come , sir , let's have no more of it . We offended one another by our contention ; let us not offend the company by our com- pliments . " Mr. ***** . " Sir , I am honoured " your friends would do ...
Page 467
... attention as the first man at the table . It is to the credit of Garrick , that he never laid any claim to this distinction ; it was as voluntarily allowed as if it had been his birthright . In this , I confess , I looked on David with ...
... attention as the first man at the table . It is to the credit of Garrick , that he never laid any claim to this distinction ; it was as voluntarily allowed as if it had been his birthright . In this , I confess , I looked on David with ...
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