Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... seen , at a Blue stocking assembly , a number of ladies sitting round a worthy and tall friend of ours , listening to his literature . Ay , ( said he , ) like maids round a May - pole . ' I told him , I had found out a per- fect ...
... seen , at a Blue stocking assembly , a number of ladies sitting round a worthy and tall friend of ours , listening to his literature . Ay , ( said he , ) like maids round a May - pole . ' I told him , I had found out a per- fect ...
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... seen a ghost , I should have looked in the very same manner , and done just as he did ' . ' For , when I asked him , ' Would you not , Sir , start as Mr. Garrick does , if you saw a ghost ? ' He answered , ' I hope not . If I did , I ...
... seen a ghost , I should have looked in the very same manner , and done just as he did ' . ' For , when I asked him , ' Would you not , Sir , start as Mr. Garrick does , if you saw a ghost ? ' He answered , ' I hope not . If I did , I ...
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... seen many varieties of human life . He had thought more than any body supposed , and had a pretty good stock of general learning and knowledge ' . He had all Dr. Johnson's principles , with some degree of relaxation . He had rather too ...
... seen many varieties of human life . He had thought more than any body supposed , and had a pretty good stock of general learning and knowledge ' . He had all Dr. Johnson's principles , with some degree of relaxation . He had rather too ...
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... seen , I believe the view of that Frith and its environs , from the Castle - hill of Edinburgh , is the finest prospect in Europe . ' Ay , ( said Dr. Johnson , ) that is the state of the world . Water is the same every where . " Una est ...
... seen , I believe the view of that Frith and its environs , from the Castle - hill of Edinburgh , is the finest prospect in Europe . ' Ay , ( said Dr. Johnson , ) that is the state of the world . Water is the same every where . " Una est ...
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... seen them , though they are sold in London . I insisted on scottifying ' his ' See ante , ii . 263 . 2 My friend , General Campbell , Governour of Madras , tells me , that they made speldings in the East - Indies , particularly at ...
... seen them , though they are sold in London . I insisted on scottifying ' his ' See ante , ii . 263 . 2 My friend , General Campbell , Governour of Madras , tells me , that they made speldings in the East - Indies , particularly at ...
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