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... conversation which had passed between me and Captain Cook , the day before , at dinner at Sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the con- scientious accuracy of that celebrated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of ...
... conversation which had passed between me and Captain Cook , the day before , at dinner at Sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the con- scientious accuracy of that celebrated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of ...
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... conversation , was not less pleasing than surprising . I remember he once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a ...
... conversation , was not less pleasing than surprising . I remember he once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a ...
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... conversation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style , it is fit for the second table . " Why he thought so I was at a loss to conceive . He now gave it as his opinion , that " Akenside was a superiour poet both to Gray and ...
... conversation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style , it is fit for the second table . " Why he thought so I was at a loss to conceive . He now gave it as his opinion , that " Akenside was a superiour poet both to Gray and ...
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... conversation and benevolence . Sir Joshua maintained it did . JOHNSON . " No , Sir : before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority , have the modesty not to talk . When ...
... conversation and benevolence . Sir Joshua maintained it did . JOHNSON . " No , Sir : before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority , have the modesty not to talk . When ...
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... conversation during this period also , without specifying each scene where it passed , except one , which will be found so remarkable as certainly to deserve a very particular relation . Where the place or the persons do not contribute ...
... conversation during this period also , without specifying each scene where it passed , except one , which will be found so remarkable as certainly to deserve a very particular relation . Where the place or the persons do not contribute ...
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