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The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 43
by Samuel Johnson - 1818
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Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London ...

Edward Burt - 1822 - 436 pages
...talking of eating. " When I had been conducted to my lodgingroom, I found the curtains of my bed* were * Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...elegant recital concurred to disgust us. We had been frightened by a lady at Edinburgh, with discouraging representations of Highland lodging: sleep, however,...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 444 pages
...could be recommended - to him orjy by their necessities. We were now to examine our lodging. Out of cne of the beds on which we were to repose, started up,...We had been frighted by a lady at Edinburgh, with discpuraging representations of Highland lodgings. Sleep, however, was necessary. Our Highlanders had...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Journey to the Hebrides. Tales of the ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 pages
...The man had mentioned bis company, and the gentleman, whose name, I think, is Gordon, well knowjug the penury of the place, had this attention to two...Highland lodgings. Sleep, however, was necessary. Our H ighlanders had at last found some hay, with which the inn could not supply them. I directed them...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 pages
...recommended to him only by their necessities, v >Ve were now to examine our lodging. Out of one of tbe beds, on which we were to repose, started up, at our...concurred to disgust us. We had been frighted by a lady at Edinburg. with discouraging representations of Highland lodgings. Sleep, however, was necessary. Our...
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The Young Gentleman's Book: Containing a Series of Choice Readings in ...

1834 - 498 pages
...the bed on which one of us was to lie." — This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " The Rehearsal," he said, very unjustly, " has not wit enough...
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The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, Volume 12

Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 pages
...out of the bed on which one of us was to lie.' This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows: ' Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.' Sometimes Juhnson translated aloud. ' The Rehearsal,' he said, very unjustly, ' has not wit enough...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 2

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 pages
...of the bed on which one of us was to lie.' This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : ' Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.' Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. ' The Rehearsal,' he said, very unjustly, ' has not wit enough...
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Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical ...

James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pages
...of the bed on which one of us was to lie." This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " The Rehearsal," he said, very unjustly, " has not wit enough...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...is recorded in the Journey as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose, s'aried guided, that no corrupt or private ends coulJ bias them. He w Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. "The Rehearsal," he said, very unjustly, " has not wit enough to...
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The Mercersburg Review, Volume 2

1850 - 656 pages
...out of the bed on which one of us was to lie.' This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows: ' Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.' Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. ' The Rehearsal,' he said very unjustly, ' has not wit enough to...
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