The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... called 2 ; and during my first visit to London , which was for three months in 1760 , Mr. Derrick the poet 3 , who was Gentleman's friend and countryman , flattered me with hopes that he would introduce me to Johnson , an honour of ...
... called 2 ; and during my first visit to London , which was for three months in 1760 , Mr. Derrick the poet 3 , who was Gentleman's friend and countryman , flattered me with hopes that he would introduce me to Johnson , an honour of ...
Page 369
... called so in a book ; and when a man comes to look at it , he sees it is not so . It is indeed pointed at the top ; but one side of it is larger than the other . " Another mountain I called immense . JOHNSON . " No ; it is no more than ...
... called so in a book ; and when a man comes to look at it , he sees it is not so . It is indeed pointed at the top ; but one side of it is larger than the other . " Another mountain I called immense . JOHNSON . " No ; it is no more than ...
Page 424
... called Breacacha Bay . We found here a neat new - built gentlemen's house , better than any we had been in since we were at Lord Errol's . Dr. Johnson relished it much at first , but soon remarked to me , that " there was nothing ...
... called Breacacha Bay . We found here a neat new - built gentlemen's house , better than any we had been in since we were at Lord Errol's . Dr. Johnson relished it much at first , but soon remarked to me , that " there was nothing ...
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