The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons, 1934 |
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Page 87
... ladies . " " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " DEAR SIR ... lady . All at Streatham , that are alive , are well . " I have never recovered from the last dreadful illness , but ...
... ladies . " " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " DEAR SIR ... lady . All at Streatham , that are alive , are well . " I have never recovered from the last dreadful illness , but ...
Page 239
... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the con ...
... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the con ...
Page 387
... ladies love to see themselves in a glass ; so a man likes to see himself in his journal . " BOSWELL . " A very pretty ... Lady Cutts ; " where having mentioned her Diary , he says , " In this glass she every day dressed her mind . " This ...
... ladies love to see themselves in a glass ; so a man likes to see himself in his journal . " BOSWELL . " A very pretty ... Lady Cutts ; " where having mentioned her Diary , he says , " In this glass she every day dressed her mind . " This ...
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