The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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Page 61
... pounds , which was the legacy given to each of his executors . I could not but be somewhat diverted by hearing Johnson talk in a pompous manner of his new office , and particularly of the concerns of the brewery , which it was at last ...
... pounds , which was the legacy given to each of his executors . I could not but be somewhat diverted by hearing Johnson talk in a pompous manner of his new office , and particularly of the concerns of the brewery , which it was at last ...
Page 62
... pounds for your immediate expenses , and two thousand pounds a year , with both the houses , and all the goods ? " Let us pray for one another , that the time , whether long or short , that shall yet be granted us , may be well spent ...
... pounds for your immediate expenses , and two thousand pounds a year , with both the houses , and all the goods ? " Let us pray for one another , that the time , whether long or short , that shall yet be granted us , may be well spent ...
Page 79
... pounds . " WILKES . " How can it be possible to spend that money in Scotland ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , the money may be spent in England ; but there is a harder question . If one man in Scotland gets possession of two thousand pounds ...
... pounds . " WILKES . " How can it be possible to spend that money in Scotland ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , the money may be spent in England ; but there is a harder question . If one man in Scotland gets possession of two thousand pounds ...
Page 100
... pounds of subscription- money for his " Universal Passion , " but had lost it in the South Sea . ( 1 ) Dr. Johnson thought this must be a mistake , for he had never seen a sub- scription - book . Upon the road we talked of the ...
... pounds of subscription- money for his " Universal Passion , " but had lost it in the South Sea . ( 1 ) Dr. Johnson thought this must be a mistake , for he had never seen a sub- scription - book . Upon the road we talked of the ...
Page 112
... pounds ( sterling money ) and costs of suit . The decision will seem strange to English lawyers . On Tuesday , June 5. , Johnson was to return to London . He was very pleasant at breakfast : I mentioned a friend of mine having resolved ...
... pounds ( sterling money ) and costs of suit . The decision will seem strange to English lawyers . On Tuesday , June 5. , Johnson was to return to London . He was very pleasant at breakfast : I mentioned a friend of mine having resolved ...
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