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... asked frivolous Questions - Travelling - Boswell's system of Shorthand - Dr . Dodd's " Thoughts in Prison " -Writings of Pennant - Johnson and Dr. Percy - Correspondence- Johnson's high Opinion of Dr. Percy 91 107 132 · 150 • " 168 ...
... asked frivolous Questions - Travelling - Boswell's system of Shorthand - Dr . Dodd's " Thoughts in Prison " -Writings of Pennant - Johnson and Dr. Percy - Correspondence- Johnson's high Opinion of Dr. Percy 91 107 132 · 150 • " 168 ...
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... asked him how he did , " Ready to become a scoundrel , Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal . " He meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian — a character for ...
... asked him how he did , " Ready to become a scoundrel , Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal . " He meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian — a character for ...
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... asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he wished on his own account . " I was not pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's family , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoy- ment , was not ...
... asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he wished on his own account . " I was not pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's family , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoy- ment , was not ...
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... asked , ' Is not this fine ? ' Shiels having expressed the highest admiration , ' Well , Sir , ' said I , ' I have omitted every other line . " " I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I ...
... asked , ' Is not this fine ? ' Shiels having expressed the highest admiration , ' Well , Sir , ' said I , ' I have omitted every other line . " " I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I ...
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... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supped this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch ...
... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supped this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch ...
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