The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 202
... Beauclerk came in the evening , and he and Dr. Johnson and I staid to supper . It was mentioned that Dr. Dodd had once wished to be a member of the LITERARY CLUB . JOHNSON . " I should be sorry if any of our Club were hanged . I will ...
... Beauclerk came in the evening , and he and Dr. Johnson and I staid to supper . It was mentioned that Dr. Dodd had once wished to be a member of the LITERARY CLUB . JOHNSON . " I should be sorry if any of our Club were hanged . I will ...
Page 273
... Beauclerk , how came you to talk so petulantly to me , as " This is what you don't know , but what I know ? ' One thing I know , which you don't seem to know , that you are very uncivil , " BEAUCLERK . " Because you began by being ...
... Beauclerk , how came you to talk so petulantly to me , as " This is what you don't know , but what I know ? ' One thing I know , which you don't seem to know , that you are very uncivil , " BEAUCLERK . " Because you began by being ...
Page 323
... Beauclerk was so great , that when Beauclerk was labouring under that severe illness which at last occasioned his death , Johnson said , ( with a voice faultering with emotion , ) ' Sir , I would walk to the extent of the diameter of ...
... Beauclerk was so great , that when Beauclerk was labouring under that severe illness which at last occasioned his death , Johnson said , ( with a voice faultering with emotion , ) ' Sir , I would walk to the extent of the diameter of ...
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