The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, Volum 31851 |
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... pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confi- dence ; so that there was hardly any topic , if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality , that he might not have been ...
... pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confi- dence ; so that there was hardly any topic , if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality , that he might not have been ...
Pàgina 33
... pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conver- sation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are im- proved by drinking ; as ...
... pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conver- sation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are im- proved by drinking ; as ...
Pàgina 52
... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; -or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " - " Sir , Sir , I am obliged to you , Sir , " cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him ...
... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; -or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " - " Sir , Sir , I am obliged to you , Sir , " cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him ...
Pàgina 65
... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that pleasure was abated . case . 66 Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well ; I dined with him the other day . * " It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening of the ...
... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that pleasure was abated . case . 66 Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well ; I dined with him the other day . * " It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening of the ...
Pàgina 66
... pleasure of becoming acquainted with him in London , in the spring of this year . - BOSWELL . Signor Manucci assumed the rank of a nobleman and military officer ; but he was simply a private gentleman of Prato , in Tuscany . - ED . 2 ...
... pleasure of becoming acquainted with him in London , in the spring of this year . - BOSWELL . Signor Manucci assumed the rank of a nobleman and military officer ; but he was simply a private gentleman of Prato , in Tuscany . - ED . 2 ...
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