The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... dined tête - à - tête at the Mitre , as I was pre- paring to return to Ireland , after an absence of many years . I regretted much leaving London , where I had formed many agreeable connexions : Sir , ( said he , ) I don't wonder at it ...
... dined tête - à - tête at the Mitre , as I was pre- paring to return to Ireland , after an absence of many years . I regretted much leaving London , where I had formed many agreeable connexions : Sir , ( said he , ) I don't wonder at it ...
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... dined in the room where he and I first supped together . He gave me great hopes of my cause . " Sir , ( said he , ) the go- vernment of a schoolmaster is somewhat of the na- ture of military government ; that is to say , it must be ...
... dined in the room where he and I first supped together . He gave me great hopes of my cause . " Sir , ( said he , ) the go- vernment of a schoolmaster is somewhat of the na- ture of military government ; that is to say , it must be ...
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... dined at Gene- ral Paoli's . A question was started whether the state of marriage was natural to man . JOHNSON . " Sir , it is so far from being natural for a man and woman to Ætat . 63 . live in a state of marriage 164 THE LIFE OF.
... dined at Gene- ral Paoli's . A question was started whether the state of marriage was natural to man . JOHNSON . " Sir , it is so far from being natural for a man and woman to Ætat . 63 . live in a state of marriage 164 THE LIFE OF.
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... dined with him at Sir Alexander Macdonald's , where was a young officer in the regimentals of the Scots Royal , who talked with a vivacity , fluency , and precision so uncommon , that he attracted particular attention . He proved to be ...
... dined with him at Sir Alexander Macdonald's , where was a young officer in the regimentals of the Scots Royal , who talked with a vivacity , fluency , and precision so uncommon , that he attracted particular attention . He proved to be ...
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... dined with him at General Oglethorpe's , where we found Dr. Goldsmith . Armorial bearings having been mentioned , John- son said they were as ancient as the seige of Thebes , which he proved by a passage in one of the tragedies of ...
... dined with him at General Oglethorpe's , where we found Dr. Goldsmith . Armorial bearings having been mentioned , John- son said they were as ancient as the seige of Thebes , which he proved by a passage in one of the tragedies of ...
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