The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Including A Journal of a Tour to the HebridesHarper & Brothers, 1863 |
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... told me something , I dismiss it from my mind , like a passing shadow ; when Rey- nolds tells me something , I consider myself as possessed of an idea the more . " ] I ob- served , that Foote entertained us with sto- ries which were not ...
... told me something , I dismiss it from my mind , like a passing shadow ; when Rey- nolds tells me something , I consider myself as possessed of an idea the more . " ] I ob- served , that Foote entertained us with sto- ries which were not ...
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... told us that Dodd's city friends stood by him so , that a thousand pounds were ready to be given to the gaoler , if he would let him escape . He added , that he knew a friend of Dodd's , who walked about Newgate for some time on the ...
... told us that Dodd's city friends stood by him so , that a thousand pounds were ready to be given to the gaoler , if he would let him escape . He added , that he knew a friend of Dodd's , who walked about Newgate for some time on the ...
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... told me she had often cautioned him to beware ; I say , having been told that this person had lately been very importunate to get access to him , in- deed to such a degree as that , when he was told that the Doctor was not to be seen ...
... told me she had often cautioned him to beware ; I say , having been told that this person had lately been very importunate to get access to him , in- deed to such a degree as that , when he was told that the Doctor was not to be seen ...
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