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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... servant , JAMES BOSWELL . ' London , April 20 , 1791 . Boswell was very well satisfied with his dedication and introduction , and wrote [ c ] complacently to his friends that he thought them very good . ADVERTISEMENT . - : 0 : - I AT ...
... servant , JAMES BOSWELL . ' London , April 20 , 1791 . Boswell was very well satisfied with his dedication and introduction , and wrote [ c ] complacently to his friends that he thought them very good . ADVERTISEMENT . - : 0 : - I AT ...
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... servant a good humoured alert lad brought his Lordship's in a minute . The Duke's servant , a lazy sulky as dog , was so sluggish , that his Grace being wet to the skin , reproved him , and had for answer with a grunt , " I came fast as ...
... servant a good humoured alert lad brought his Lordship's in a minute . The Duke's servant , a lazy sulky as dog , was so sluggish , that his Grace being wet to the skin , reproved him , and had for answer with a grunt , " I came fast as ...
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... servant . He not being in the way , this was not done ; but there was no occasion for any artificial aid for its preservation . In following so very eminent a man from his cradle to his grave , every minute particular , which can throw ...
... servant . He not being in the way , this was not done ; but there was no occasion for any artificial aid for its preservation . In following so very eminent a man from his cradle to his grave , every minute particular , which can throw ...
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... servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel ...
... servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel ...
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... servant went round to see that the students were in their rooms , " Johnson could not endure this intrusion , and would frequently be silent , when the utterance of a word would have insured him from cen- sure , and , further , would ...
... servant went round to see that the students were in their rooms , " Johnson could not endure this intrusion , and would frequently be silent , when the utterance of a word would have insured him from cen- sure , and , further , would ...
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