The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period ...
... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period ...
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... once at the seat of Lord Clive , who had returned from India with great wealth ; and that he shewed him at the door of his bed - chamber a large chest , which he said he had once had full of gold ; upon which Brown observed , I am glad ...
... once at the seat of Lord Clive , who had returned from India with great wealth ; and that he shewed him at the door of his bed - chamber a large chest , which he said he had once had full of gold ; upon which Brown observed , I am glad ...
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... Once when I was pressing upon him with visible advantage , he stopped me thus : " My dear Boswell , let's have no ... once of his eagerness for colloquial distinction , and his high notion of this eminent friend , he once addressed him ...
... Once when I was pressing upon him with visible advantage , he stopped me thus : " My dear Boswell , let's have no ... once of his eagerness for colloquial distinction , and his high notion of this eminent friend , he once addressed him ...
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