The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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... asked him to use his interest with Mr. Pitt for his friend Temple . Yet he was all the time setting down in his great book the most bitter attacks on his host and guest . Indeed , instead of softening or omitting , as he states in the ...
... asked him to use his interest with Mr. Pitt for his friend Temple . Yet he was all the time setting down in his great book the most bitter attacks on his host and guest . Indeed , instead of softening or omitting , as he states in the ...
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... asked his old school - fellow Mr. Hector , 2 surgeon , of Birmingham , 1 " My father being that year sheriff , and to ride the circuit of the county next day .. he was asked by my mother , whom he would invite to the riding , and ...
... asked his old school - fellow Mr. Hector , 2 surgeon , of Birmingham , 1 " My father being that year sheriff , and to ride the circuit of the county next day .. he was asked by my mother , whom he would invite to the riding , and ...
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... asked Mr. have in order . " He " considered tea very expensive , and discouraged her from keep- ing company with the neighbours , and from paying visits or receiving them . " — ( Autobiog . ) Her family , too , was superior to his , and ...
... asked Mr. have in order . " He " considered tea very expensive , and discouraged her from keep- ing company with the neighbours , and from paying visits or receiving them . " — ( Autobiog . ) Her family , too , was superior to his , and ...
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... asked , ' On which side of the shop was the counter ? ' I answered , ' On the left from the en- trance , ' many years after , and spoke , not by guess , but by memory . We went in the stage - coach , and returned in the waggon , as my ...
... asked , ' On which side of the shop was the counter ? ' I answered , ' On the left from the en- trance , ' many years after , and spoke , not by guess , but by memory . We went in the stage - coach , and returned in the waggon , as my ...
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... asked if he could remember Queen Anne , " He had ( he said ) a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ven- tured to say to ...
... asked if he could remember Queen Anne , " He had ( he said ) a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ven- tured to say to ...
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