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Page 69
... Ashbourne , in Derbyshire . I shall go in a few days , and you , Boswell , shall go with me . " I was ready to accompany him ; being willing , even to leave London to have the pleasure of his conversation . I mentioned with much regret ...
... Ashbourne , in Derbyshire . I shall go in a few days , and you , Boswell , shall go with me . " I was ready to accompany him ; being willing , even to leave London to have the pleasure of his conversation . I mentioned with much regret ...
Page 92
... Ashbourne to play there upon moderate terms . Garrick's name was soon introduced . JOHNSON . " Garrick's conversation is gay and grotesque . It is a dish of all sorts , but all good things . There is no solid meat in it : there is a ...
... Ashbourne to play there upon moderate terms . Garrick's name was soon introduced . JOHNSON . " Garrick's conversation is gay and grotesque . It is a dish of all sorts , but all good things . There is no solid meat in it : there is a ...
Page 98
... Ashbourne , where I found my friend's schoolfellow living upon an establishment perfectly corresponding with his substantial creditable equipage . His house , garden , pleasure - grounds , table , in short every thing good , and no ...
... Ashbourne , where I found my friend's schoolfellow living upon an establishment perfectly corresponding with his substantial creditable equipage . His house , garden , pleasure - grounds , table , in short every thing good , and no ...
Page 99
Boswell Fitzgerald. over the town of Ashbourne , to the inhabitants of which I was told he was very liberal ; and as a proof of this it was mentioned to me , he had the preceding winter ... Ashbourne, to the inhabitants of ...
Boswell Fitzgerald. over the town of Ashbourne , to the inhabitants of which I was told he was very liberal ; and as a proof of this it was mentioned to me , he had the preceding winter ... Ashbourne, to the inhabitants of ...
Page 100
... Ashbourne in the evening , we stopped to change horses at Derby , and availed ourselves of a moment to enjoy the conversation of my countryman , Dr. Butter , then physician there . He was in great indignation because Lord Mountstuart's ...
... Ashbourne in the evening , we stopped to change horses at Derby , and availed ourselves of a moment to enjoy the conversation of my countryman , Dr. Butter , then physician there . He was in great indignation because Lord Mountstuart's ...
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