The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... Goldsmith , being a privileged man , went with him this night , strutting away , and calling to me with an air of superiority , like that of an esoteric over an exoteric disciple of a sage of antiquity ( 1 ) , " I go to Miss Williams ...
... Goldsmith , being a privileged man , went with him this night , strutting away , and calling to me with an air of superiority , like that of an esoteric over an exoteric disciple of a sage of antiquity ( 1 ) , " I go to Miss Williams ...
Page 201
... Goldsmith , which ( though , perhaps , coloured a little , as anecdotes too often are ) is characteristic at least of the opinion which his best friends entertained of Goldsmith . One after- noon , as Colonel O'Moore and Mr. Burke were ...
... Goldsmith , which ( though , perhaps , coloured a little , as anecdotes too often are ) is characteristic at least of the opinion which his best friends entertained of Goldsmith . One after- noon , as Colonel O'Moore and Mr. Burke were ...
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... Goldsmith , 66 we will not go to the Mitre to - night , since we cannot have the big man ( 1 ) with us . " Johnson then called for a bottle of port , of which Goldsmith and I partook , while our friend , now a water - drinker , sat by ...
... Goldsmith , 66 we will not go to the Mitre to - night , since we cannot have the big man ( 1 ) with us . " Johnson then called for a bottle of port , of which Goldsmith and I partook , while our friend , now a water - drinker , sat by ...
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