The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... dined the day before at a friend's house , with ' a very pretty company ; ' and I asked him if there was good conversation , he answered , ' No , Sir ; we had talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed . ' 66 ...
... dined the day before at a friend's house , with ' a very pretty company ; ' and I asked him if there was good conversation , he answered , ' No , Sir ; we had talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed . ' 66 ...
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... dined there . " JOHNSON . " That , Sir , is about three a day . " BOSWELL . " How your statement lessens the idea . " JOHNSON . " That , Sir , is the good of counting . It brings every- thing to a certainty which before floated in the ...
... dined there . " JOHNSON . " That , Sir , is about three a day . " BOSWELL . " How your statement lessens the idea . " JOHNSON . " That , Sir , is the good of counting . It brings every- thing to a certainty which before floated in the ...
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... dined with him ; the company were , Mrs. Williams , Mrs. Des moulins , and Mr. Lowe . He seemed not to be well , talked little , grew drowsy soon after dinner and retired , upon which I went away . is ; Having next day gone to Mr ...
... dined with him ; the company were , Mrs. Williams , Mrs. Des moulins , and Mr. Lowe . He seemed not to be well , talked little , grew drowsy soon after dinner and retired , upon which I went away . is ; Having next day gone to Mr ...
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... dined with the Club , where Lord Palmer- ston was proposed , and , against my opinion , was rejected . * I design to go next week with Mr. Langton to Rochester , where I purpose to stay about ten days , and then try some other air . I ...
... dined with the Club , where Lord Palmer- ston was proposed , and , against my opinion , was rejected . * I design to go next week with Mr. Langton to Rochester , where I purpose to stay about ten days , and then try some other air . I ...
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... dined together at the house of Mr. Paradise . I will , more- over , add , that having mentioned the subject to Mr. Paradise this afternoon , " I though he told me that he did not clearly recollect the motive by which he had been induced ...
... dined together at the house of Mr. Paradise . I will , more- over , add , that having mentioned the subject to Mr. Paradise this afternoon , " I though he told me that he did not clearly recollect the motive by which he had been induced ...
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