The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 154
... acquaintance with each particular person , if it could be done , would be a task , of which the labour would not be repaid by the advantage . But exceptions are to be made ; one of which must be a friend so eminent as Sir Joshua ...
... acquaintance with each particular person , if it could be done , would be a task , of which the labour would not be repaid by the advantage . But exceptions are to be made ; one of which must be a friend so eminent as Sir Joshua ...
Page 155
... acquaintance . When they were one evening together at the Miss Cotterells ' , the then Duchess of Argyle and another lady of high rank came in . Johnson thinking that the Miss Cotterells were too much engrossed by them , and that he and ...
... acquaintance . When they were one evening together at the Miss Cotterells ' , the then Duchess of Argyle and another lady of high rank came in . Johnson thinking that the Miss Cotterells were too much engrossed by them , and that he and ...
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... acquaintance of which I had been so long ambitious . My readers will , I trust , excuse me for being thus minutely circumstantial , when it is considered that the acquaintance of Dr. Johnson was to me most valuable acquisition , and ...
... acquaintance of which I had been so long ambitious . My readers will , I trust , excuse me for being thus minutely circumstantial , when it is considered that the acquaintance of Dr. Johnson was to me most valuable acquisition , and ...
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