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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... told me , and I omitted to inquire , how you were entertained by Boswell's Journal . ' One would think the man had been hired to be a spy upon me ; he was very diligent , and caught opportunities of writing from time to time . You may ...
... told me , and I omitted to inquire , how you were entertained by Boswell's Journal . ' One would think the man had been hired to be a spy upon me ; he was very diligent , and caught opportunities of writing from time to time . You may ...
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... told me , that the French were quite astonished at his figure and manner , and at his dress , which he ob- stinately continued exactly as in London ; -his brown clothes , black stockings , and plain shirt . He mentioned , that an Irish ...
... told me , that the French were quite astonished at his figure and manner , and at his dress , which he ob- stinately continued exactly as in London ; -his brown clothes , black stockings , and plain shirt . He mentioned , that an Irish ...
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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 Mrs. Piozzi that a this as long as she lived . " " I thought it young gentleman called on him one morn- hard to give her this view of her situation ing , and told him that , having dropped sud- | when she could not help it ; and ...
... told Mrs. Piozzi that a this as long as she lived . " " I thought it young gentleman called on him one morn- hard to give her this view of her situation ing , and told him that , having dropped sud- | when she could not help it ; and ...
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... told us , that in some of the colleges at Oxford , the fellows had excluded the students from social intercourse with them in the common room . JOHNSON . a whig , and said he was ashamed of having been bred at Oxford . He had a living ...
... told us , that in some of the colleges at Oxford , the fellows had excluded the students from social intercourse with them in the common room . JOHNSON . a whig , and said he was ashamed of having been bred at Oxford . He had a living ...
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