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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... mentioning that I hoped soon to meet him again in London . LETTER 396. TO MR . BOSWELL . " March 14. 1781 . " DEAR SIR , - I hoped you had got rid of all this hypocrisy of misery . What have you to do with Liberty and Necessity ? Or ...
... mentioning that I hoped soon to meet him again in London . LETTER 396. TO MR . BOSWELL . " March 14. 1781 . " DEAR SIR , - I hoped you had got rid of all this hypocrisy of misery . What have you to do with Liberty and Necessity ? Or ...
Page 45
... mentioned this to Johnson , he said , " I drink it now sometimes , but not so- cially . " The first evening that I was with him at Thrale's , I observed he poured a large quantity of it into a glass , and swallowed it greedily . Every ...
... mentioned this to Johnson , he said , " I drink it now sometimes , but not so- cially . " The first evening that I was with him at Thrale's , I observed he poured a large quantity of it into a glass , and swallowed it greedily . Every ...
Page 49
... mentioned a particular bishop . " Poh ! " said Mrs. Thrale , " the Bishop of ( ) is never minded at a rout . " BOSWELL . " When a bishop places himself in a situation where he has no distinct character , and is of no consequence , he ...
... mentioned a particular bishop . " Poh ! " said Mrs. Thrale , " the Bishop of ( ) is never minded at a rout . " BOSWELL . " When a bishop places himself in a situation where he has no distinct character , and is of no consequence , he ...
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... mentioned to have died on the 3d of April , that year , at Cofflect , the seat of Thomas Veale , Esq . , in his way to London . ( 2 ) Mr. Eliot had accompanied Mr. Stanhope , the natural son of Lord Chesterfield , for whom the ...
... mentioned to have died on the 3d of April , that year , at Cofflect , the seat of Thomas Veale , Esq . , in his way to London . ( 2 ) Mr. Eliot had accompanied Mr. Stanhope , the natural son of Lord Chesterfield , for whom the ...
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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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