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... heard to - day , in his determin- ation to send his own son to Westminster school . — I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at West- minster . I cannot say ...
... heard to - day , in his determin- ation to send his own son to Westminster school . — I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at West- minster . I cannot say ...
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... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . ” The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and therefore would sometimes in ...
... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . ” The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and therefore would sometimes in ...
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... heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said , he had come with intention to go ...
... heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said , he had come with intention to go ...
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... heard Johnson repeat : it stamps a value on them . He told us , that the book entitled " The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , " was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels , 1 a Scotch- 1 In the Monthly Review for May , 1792 , there is such ...
... heard Johnson repeat : it stamps a value on them . He told us , that the book entitled " The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , " was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels , 1 a Scotch- 1 In the Monthly Review for May , 1792 , there is such ...
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... heard none of those drunken , -nay , drunken is a coarse word , -none of those vinous flights . " SIR JOSHUA . " Because you have sat by , quite sober , and felt an envy of the happiness of those who were drinking . " JOHNSON ...
... heard none of those drunken , -nay , drunken is a coarse word , -none of those vinous flights . " SIR JOSHUA . " Because you have sat by , quite sober , and felt an envy of the happiness of those who were drinking . " JOHNSON ...
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