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Page lii
... perhaps for amusement , and others for victory . We sat very late ; and the conversation that at last ensued was the direct cause of my friend Goldsmith's poem , called Retaliation . ' Dr. Goldsmith and I never quarrelled , for he was ...
... perhaps for amusement , and others for victory . We sat very late ; and the conversation that at last ensued was the direct cause of my friend Goldsmith's poem , called Retaliation . ' Dr. Goldsmith and I never quarrelled , for he was ...
Page lvi
... perhaps , he would force the subject on every body , till Johnson has been quite provoked , and at last did say , ' My dear Doctor , let us have no more of your fooleries to - night . ' Mr. Boswell and others have given some account of ...
... perhaps , he would force the subject on every body , till Johnson has been quite provoked , and at last did say , ' My dear Doctor , let us have no more of your fooleries to - night . ' Mr. Boswell and others have given some account of ...
Page lviii
... perhaps had only to retire impransus to the Temple . 9 About the time that I think Boswell wrote a prologue in compliment to Johnson at Lichfield , a proposal was made for the play of the Beaux Stratagem to be acted there , by a party ...
... perhaps had only to retire impransus to the Temple . 9 About the time that I think Boswell wrote a prologue in compliment to Johnson at Lichfield , a proposal was made for the play of the Beaux Stratagem to be acted there , by a party ...
Page lxiv
... perhaps more ostentatious of his abilities to serve a dramatic author * A Portuguese Jesuit , put to the stake by the Inquisition un- der the charge of heresy , his real offence being his intimacy with certain political offenders . The ...
... perhaps more ostentatious of his abilities to serve a dramatic author * A Portuguese Jesuit , put to the stake by the Inquisition un- der the charge of heresy , his real offence being his intimacy with certain political offenders . The ...
Page lxvii
... perhaps before it was commenced . This circumstance naturally produced expostulation and reproach from one side , which was often returned with anger and vehemence on the other . After much and disagreeable alter- cation , one ...
... perhaps before it was commenced . This circumstance naturally produced expostulation and reproach from one side , which was often returned with anger and vehemence on the other . After much and disagreeable alter- cation , one ...
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