The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. |
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Page 18
... afterwards , there came a shot from a French battery , to which the orders for a cessation of arms had not reached , and he was killed upon the spot . Colonel Cecil , who took possession of his effects , found in his pocket - book the ...
... afterwards , there came a shot from a French battery , to which the orders for a cessation of arms had not reached , and he was killed upon the spot . Colonel Cecil , who took possession of his effects , found in his pocket - book the ...
Page 162
... afterwards , her apartment . " Then we went to Julien Le Roy , the King's watch - maker , a man of character in his business , who shewed a small clock made to find the longitude . — A decent man . 1 The rest of this paragraph appears ...
... afterwards , her apartment . " Then we went to Julien Le Roy , the King's watch - maker , a man of character in his business , who shewed a small clock made to find the longitude . — A decent man . 1 The rest of this paragraph appears ...
Page 449
... afterwards to burst in thunder . We talked of a gentleman who was running out his fortune in London ; and I said , " We must get him out of it . All his friends must quarrel with him , and that will soon drive him away . " JOHNSON ...
... afterwards to burst in thunder . We talked of a gentleman who was running out his fortune in London ; and I said , " We must get him out of it . All his friends must quarrel with him , and that will soon drive him away . " JOHNSON ...
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