The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... lived forty years in London without ever having chanced to meet , I whispered to Mr. Edwards that Dr. Johnson was going home , and that he had better accompany him now . So Edwards walked along with us , I eagerly assisting to keep up ...
... lived forty years in London without ever having chanced to meet , I whispered to Mr. Edwards that Dr. Johnson was going home , and that he had better accompany him now . So Edwards walked along with us , I eagerly assisting to keep up ...
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... lived ; and said ' They talk of runts , ( that is young cows . ) ' ' Sir ( said Mrs. Salusbury ) , Mr. Johnson would learn to talk of runts ; ' meaning that I was a man who would make the most of my situation , whatever I was . " He ...
... lived ; and said ' They talk of runts , ( that is young cows . ) ' ' Sir ( said Mrs. Salusbury ) , Mr. Johnson would learn to talk of runts ; ' meaning that I was a man who would make the most of my situation , whatever I was . " He ...
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... lived so much in the world , that he has a short story on every oc- casion he is always ready to talk , and is never exhausted " : Johnson and I passed the evening at Miss Reynolds's , Sir Joshua's sister . I mentioned that an eminent ...
... lived so much in the world , that he has a short story on every oc- casion he is always ready to talk , and is never exhausted " : Johnson and I passed the evening at Miss Reynolds's , Sir Joshua's sister . I mentioned that an eminent ...
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