The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... mentioned a curious liquor peculiar to his country , which the Cornish fishermen drink . They call it mahogany ; and it is made of two parts gin and one part treacle , well beaten together . I begged to have some of it made , which was ...
... mentioned a curious liquor peculiar to his country , which the Cornish fishermen drink . They call it mahogany ; and it is made of two parts gin and one part treacle , well beaten together . I begged to have some of it made , which was ...
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... mentioned it to him with regret , he was pleased to say , " Then , Sir , let us live double . " About this time it ... mentioned . Johnson was prevailed with to come sometimes into these circles , When I mentioned this to the Bishop of ...
... mentioned it to him with regret , he was pleased to say , " Then , Sir , let us live double . " About this time it ... mentioned . Johnson was prevailed with to come sometimes into these circles , When I mentioned this to the Bishop of ...
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... mentioned . I used to consider it as a kind of flag of defiance ; as if he had said , " Any argument you may offer against this is not just . No , Sir , it is not . " It was like Falstaff's " I deny your major . " 1 Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
... mentioned . I used to consider it as a kind of flag of defiance ; as if he had said , " Any argument you may offer against this is not just . No , Sir , it is not . " It was like Falstaff's " I deny your major . " 1 Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
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