The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... lady has a puff ; if a coat be spotted , a lady has a brush . Strength is of less importance since fire - arms have been used ; blows of the hand are now seldom exchanged ; and what is there to be done in the charge or the retreat be ...
... lady has a puff ; if a coat be spotted , a lady has a brush . Strength is of less importance since fire - arms have been used ; blows of the hand are now seldom exchanged ; and what is there to be done in the charge or the retreat be ...
Pagina 170
... lady , that there never had been a room well swept , since Betty Broom came into the house . I was then hired by a consumptive lady , who wanted a maid that could read and write . I attended her four years , and though she was never ...
... lady , that there never had been a room well swept , since Betty Broom came into the house . I was then hired by a consumptive lady , who wanted a maid that could read and write . I attended her four years , and though she was never ...
Pagina 263
... lady Biddy , who , let the world say what it would , had a fine understanding , and such a command of her temper , that , whether she won or lost , she slept over her cards . At lady Biddy's she met with lady Tawdry , whose favour she ...
... lady Biddy , who , let the world say what it would , had a fine understanding , and such a command of her temper , that , whether she won or lost , she slept over her cards . At lady Biddy's she met with lady Tawdry , whose favour she ...
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NO PAGE 111 The pleasures and advantages of industry | 1 |
The itch of writing universal | 7 |
The folly of creating artificial wants | 14 |
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