The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... wine , you are never sure . " I said , drinking wine was a pleasure I was unwilling to give up . " Why , Sir , ( said he , ) there is no doubt that not to drink wine is a great deduction from life : but it may be necessary . " He ...
... wine , you are never sure . " I said , drinking wine was a pleasure I was unwilling to give up . " Why , Sir , ( said he , ) there is no doubt that not to drink wine is a great deduction from life : but it may be necessary . " He ...
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... wine . JOHNSON , " I require wine , only when I am alone . I have then often wished for it , and often taken it . " SPOTTISWOODE . " What , by way of a com- panion , Sir ? " JOHNSON . " To get rid of myself , to send myself away . Wine ...
... wine . JOHNSON , " I require wine , only when I am alone . I have then often wished for it , and often taken it . " SPOTTISWOODE . " What , by way of a com- panion , Sir ? " JOHNSON . " To get rid of myself , to send myself away . Wine ...
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James Boswell. man's drinking wine . As to the wine twenty years in the cellar , ―of ten men , three say this , merely because they must say something ; three are telling a lie , when they say they have had the wine twenty years ; -three ...
James Boswell. man's drinking wine . As to the wine twenty years in the cellar , ―of ten men , three say this , merely because they must say something ; three are telling a lie , when they say they have had the wine twenty years ; -three ...
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