The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... dinner he sent for me to his room . I expected a sharp rebuke for my idleness , and went with a beating heart . When we were seated , he told me he had sent for me to drink a glass of wine with him , and to tell me , he was not angry ...
... dinner he sent for me to his room . I expected a sharp rebuke for my idleness , and went with a beating heart . When we were seated , he told me he had sent for me to drink a glass of wine with him , and to tell me , he was not angry ...
Pàgina 84
... dinner , Mr. Johnson proposed to Mr. Burney to go up with him into his garret , which being accepted , he there found about five or six Greek folios , a deal writing - desk , and a chair and a half . Johnson , giving to his guest the ...
... dinner , Mr. Johnson proposed to Mr. Burney to go up with him into his garret , which being accepted , he there found about five or six Greek folios , a deal writing - desk , and a chair and a half . Johnson , giving to his guest the ...
Pàgina 92
... dinner the worse , but there should have been all this concern and to say there was ( smiling ) , may be reckoned a consecrated lie . ” I take this opportunity to relate the manner in which an acquaintance first commenced between Dr ...
... dinner the worse , but there should have been all this concern and to say there was ( smiling ) , may be reckoned a consecrated lie . ” I take this opportunity to relate the manner in which an acquaintance first commenced between Dr ...
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... dinner should be ready , he was taken out to walk in the garden . The master of the house thinking it proper to introduce something sci- entific into the conversation , addressed him thus : " Are you a botanist , Dr. Johnson ? " " No ...
... dinner should be ready , he was taken out to walk in the garden . The master of the house thinking it proper to introduce something sci- entific into the conversation , addressed him thus : " Are you a botanist , Dr. Johnson ? " " No ...
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... dinner was to his taste , could not easily conceive what he must have meant by hunger ; and not only was he ... dinner was not prepared for him . I have heard him say on such an occasion , “ This was a good dinner enough to be sure ; but ...
... dinner was to his taste , could not easily conceive what he must have meant by hunger ; and not only was he ... dinner was not prepared for him . I have heard him say on such an occasion , “ This was a good dinner enough to be sure ; but ...
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