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Page 270
... conversation of Lady Di Beauclerk could not entirely dissipate . In a short time I received the agreeable ... conversation passed , which Johnson relished with great good humour . But his conversation alone , or what led to it , or was ...
... conversation of Lady Di Beauclerk could not entirely dissipate . In a short time I received the agreeable ... conversation passed , which Johnson relished with great good humour . But his conversation alone , or what led to it , or was ...
Page 376
... conversation worthy of being remembered , he said , Sir , there seldom is any such conversation . " BOSWELL . Why then meet at table ? " JOHNSON . Why to eat and drink together , and to promote kindness ; and , Sir , this is better done ...
... conversation worthy of being remembered , he said , Sir , there seldom is any such conversation . " BOSWELL . Why then meet at table ? " JOHNSON . Why to eat and drink together , and to promote kindness ; and , Sir , this is better done ...
Page 435
... conversation . I have indeed ; I assure you I have . " JOHNSON . When we talk of pleasure , we mean sensual pleasure . When a man says , he had pleasure with a woman , he does not mean conversation , but something of a very different ...
... conversation . I have indeed ; I assure you I have . " JOHNSON . When we talk of pleasure , we mean sensual pleasure . When a man says , he had pleasure with a woman , he does not mean conversation , but something of a very different ...
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