The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 376
... Look , my lord , it comes " . I found that I had a very perfect idea of Johnson's figure , from the portrait of him painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds soon after he had published his Dictionary , in the attitude of sitting in his easy chair ...
... Look , my lord , it comes " . I found that I had a very perfect idea of Johnson's figure , from the portrait of him painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds soon after he had published his Dictionary , in the attitude of sitting in his easy chair ...
Page 503
... look , and the Duchess of York ( Clarendon's daughter ) , eating something , and divine old Lady Fanshawe , who crept out of the cabin in a sea - fight to stand by her husband's side . The Queen has brought her there , grateful for a ...
... look , and the Duchess of York ( Clarendon's daughter ) , eating something , and divine old Lady Fanshawe , who crept out of the cabin in a sea - fight to stand by her husband's side . The Queen has brought her there , grateful for a ...
Page 515
... look at the parade and its edifices , are the same . The Admiralty , the Treasury , the back of the Minister's house in Downing Street , and the back - front of the solid and not inappropriate building , called the Horse Guards , look ...
... look at the parade and its edifices , are the same . The Admiralty , the Treasury , the back of the Minister's house in Downing Street , and the back - front of the solid and not inappropriate building , called the Horse Guards , look ...
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