Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... dined at Mr. Peter Garrick's , who was in a very lively humour , and verified Johnson's saying that , if he had cultivated gaiety as much as his brother David , he might have equally excelled in it . He was to - day quite a London ...
... dined at Mr. Peter Garrick's , who was in a very lively humour , and verified Johnson's saying that , if he had cultivated gaiety as much as his brother David , he might have equally excelled in it . He was to - day quite a London ...
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... dined one day at Streatham ; they sat with their backs to the light fronting me , so that I could not see distinctly : and there was so little of the savage in Omai , that I was afraid to speak to either , lest I should mistake one for ...
... dined one day at Streatham ; they sat with their backs to the light fronting me , so that I could not see distinctly : and there was so little of the savage in Omai , that I was afraid to speak to either , lest I should mistake one for ...
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... dine generally once a week.'1 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called scriveners ... dined , and walked home in the evening . He died on the 31st of December 1791 . Volumes would be required to contain ...
... dine generally once a week.'1 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called scriveners ... dined , and walked home in the evening . He died on the 31st of December 1791 . Volumes would be required to contain ...
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... dined one day with the beautiful , gay , and fascinating Lady Craven , 1 and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow - chandler , on Snow Hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to ...
... dined one day with the beautiful , gay , and fascinating Lady Craven , 1 and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow - chandler , on Snow Hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to ...
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... dined with us . Dr. Johnson made a remark , which both Mr. Macbean and I thought new . It was this : that ' the law against usury is for the protection of creditors as well as debtors ; for if there were no such check , people would be ...
... dined with us . Dr. Johnson made a remark , which both Mr. Macbean and I thought new . It was this : that ' the law against usury is for the protection of creditors as well as debtors ; for if there were no such check , people would be ...
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