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Page 37
... asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him see I suspected it was his , though subscribed by Goldsmith . JOHNSON . " Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write such a thing as that for him , than ...
... asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him see I suspected it was his , though subscribed by Goldsmith . JOHNSON . " Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write such a thing as that for him , than ...
Page 218
... asked me in the morning , merely as a stranger , to dine with him ; and in the afternoon , when I was introduced to him , he asked Dr. Johnson and me to spend the evening and sup with him . He was a genteel well - bred dignified ...
... asked me in the morning , merely as a stranger , to dine with him ; and in the afternoon , when I was introduced to him , he asked Dr. Johnson and me to spend the evening and sup with him . He was a genteel well - bred dignified ...
Page 449
... asked him , why he had said so harsh a thing . JOHNSON . , " Because , Sir , you made me angry about the Americans . " BOSWELL . " But why did you not take your revenge directly ? " JOHNSON . ( smiling ) " Because , Sir , I had nothing ...
... asked him , why he had said so harsh a thing . JOHNSON . , " Because , Sir , you made me angry about the Americans . " BOSWELL . " But why did you not take your revenge directly ? " JOHNSON . ( smiling ) " Because , Sir , I had nothing ...
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