The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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Pagina 18
... persons , of very different characters and descriptions . I could not attend him , being obliged to be in the court of session ; but my wife was so good as to devote the greater part of the morning to the endless task of pouring out tea ...
... persons , of very different characters and descriptions . I could not attend him , being obliged to be in the court of session ; but my wife was so good as to devote the greater part of the morning to the endless task of pouring out tea ...
Pagina 20
... person , I shall not withhold any part of this story , however ludicrous . I was so successful in this boyish frolic , that the universal cry of the galleries was , " Encore the cow ! Encore the cow ! " In the pride of my heart I ...
... person , I shall not withhold any part of this story , however ludicrous . I was so successful in this boyish frolic , that the universal cry of the galleries was , " Encore the cow ! Encore the cow ! " In the pride of my heart I ...
Pagina 21
... person , for Lord Hailes , from whom I solicited what he could recollect of that day , writes to me as follows แ " As to Dr. Johnson's observation about the ignorance of officers , in the length that a musket will carry , my brother ...
... person , for Lord Hailes , from whom I solicited what he could recollect of that day , writes to me as follows แ " As to Dr. Johnson's observation about the ignorance of officers , in the length that a musket will carry , my brother ...
Pagina 32
... persons mentioned in this Tour are now gone to " that undiscovered country , from whose bourne 1 Rasay was highly gratified , and afterwards visited and dined with Dr. Johnson , at his house in London . 2 In justice both to Sir William ...
... persons mentioned in this Tour are now gone to " that undiscovered country , from whose bourne 1 Rasay was highly gratified , and afterwards visited and dined with Dr. Johnson , at his house in London . 2 In justice both to Sir William ...
Pagina 33
... persons , as it has been by one of my friends , that he who has the power of thus exhibiting an exact tran- script of conversations is not a desirable member of society . I re- peat the answer which I made to that friend : Few , very ...
... persons , as it has been by one of my friends , that he who has the power of thus exhibiting an exact tran- script of conversations is not a desirable member of society . I re- peat the answer which I made to that friend : Few , very ...
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