Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dis- sipation and gaming , and lost all he had . One evening he lost a thousand pounds to a gentleman whose name I am sorry I have forgotten . Next morning he sent the gentle ...
... London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dis- sipation and gaming , and lost all he had . One evening he lost a thousand pounds to a gentleman whose name I am sorry I have forgotten . Next morning he sent the gentle ...
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... London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period used to dine generally once a week ' . ' Volumes would be required ...
... London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period used to dine generally once a week ' . ' Volumes would be required ...
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... London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably experience such cessations of acquaintance . ' My knowledge of physick , ( he added , ) I learnt from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary and also ...
... London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably experience such cessations of acquaintance . ' My knowledge of physick , ( he added , ) I learnt from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary and also ...
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... London , who enjoyed a considerable reputation merely from having written a paper in The Spectator . He mentioned particularly Mr. Ince , who used to frequent Tom's coffee - house . ' But ( said Johnson , ) you must consider how highly ...
... London , who enjoyed a considerable reputation merely from having written a paper in The Spectator . He mentioned particularly Mr. Ince , who used to frequent Tom's coffee - house . ' But ( said Johnson , ) you must consider how highly ...
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... London , till I had a house of my own there . I mentioned my having that morning introduced to Mr. Garrick , Count Neni , a Flemish Nobleman of great rank and fortune , to whom Garrick talked of Abel Drugger ' as a small part ; and ...
... London , till I had a house of my own there . I mentioned my having that morning introduced to Mr. Garrick , Count Neni , a Flemish Nobleman of great rank and fortune , to whom Garrick talked of Abel Drugger ' as a small part ; and ...
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