The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2A. V. Blake, 1844 |
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... pleasure where it could be found . The rotunda was not to be opened till twelve o'clock , when the bell was to call us to sup there ; the temporary building was not finished , and the rain would not permit walking in the garden ...
... pleasure where it could be found . The rotunda was not to be opened till twelve o'clock , when the bell was to call us to sup there ; the temporary building was not finished , and the rain would not permit walking in the garden ...
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... pleasure after having seen many , in seeing more ; at least the pleasure , whatever it be , must some time have an end , and we are beginning to think when we shall come home . Mr. Thrale calculates that as we left Streatham on the ...
... pleasure after having seen many , in seeing more ; at least the pleasure , whatever it be , must some time have an end , and we are beginning to think when we shall come home . Mr. Thrale calculates that as we left Streatham on the ...
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... pleasure , though his notes are very short , and evidently written only to assist his own recollection . Tour in 66 Tuesday , 10th October . — We | In the house of Chatlois is a room fur- France . saw the école militaire , in which ...
... pleasure , though his notes are very short , and evidently written only to assist his own recollection . Tour in 66 Tuesday , 10th October . — We | In the house of Chatlois is a room fur- France . saw the école militaire , in which ...
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... pleasure - ground , prettily situated upon Stowhill , a gentle eminence , adjoining to Lichfield . Johnson walked away to dinner there , leaving me by myself without any apology ; I wondered at this want of that facility of manners ...
... pleasure - ground , prettily situated upon Stowhill , a gentle eminence , adjoining to Lichfield . Johnson walked away to dinner there , leaving me by myself without any apology ; I wondered at this want of that facility of manners ...
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... pleasure - ground , table , in short every thing good , and no scantiness appearing . Every man should form such a plan of living as he can execute completely . Let him not draw an outline wider than he can fill up . I have seen many ...
... pleasure - ground , table , in short every thing good , and no scantiness appearing . Every man should form such a plan of living as he can execute completely . Let him not draw an outline wider than he can fill up . I have seen many ...
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