The Life of Samuel JohnsonJ. M. Dent, 1907 - 1172 pagina's |
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... acquaintance in a former situation may bring out things which it would be very disagreeable to have mentioned before higher company , though , perhaps , every body knows of them . " He placed this subject in a new light to me , and ...
... acquaintance in a former situation may bring out things which it would be very disagreeable to have mentioned before higher company , though , perhaps , every body knows of them . " He placed this subject in a new light to me , and ...
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... acquainted . JOHNSON . " I wrote something for Lord Charles ; and I thought he had nothing to fear from a court - martial . I suffered a great loss when he died ; he was a mighty pleasing man in conversation , and a reading man . The ...
... acquainted . JOHNSON . " I wrote something for Lord Charles ; and I thought he had nothing to fear from a court - martial . I suffered a great loss when he died ; he was a mighty pleasing man in conversation , and a reading man . The ...
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... acquaintance , none of whom he ever forgot ; and could describe and discriminate them all with precision and vivacity . He associated with persons the most widely different in manners , abilities , rank , and accomplishments . He was at ...
... acquaintance , none of whom he ever forgot ; and could describe and discriminate them all with precision and vivacity . He associated with persons the most widely different in manners , abilities , rank , and accomplishments . He was at ...
Pagina 18
... acquaintance . " My knowledge of physick , ( he added , ) I learnt from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dictionary itself . I also learnt from Dr. Lawrence , but was then ...
... acquaintance . " My knowledge of physick , ( he added , ) I learnt from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dictionary itself . I also learnt from Dr. Lawrence , but was then ...
Pagina 19
... acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of num- berless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the contract of ...
... acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of num- berless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the contract of ...
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