 Tavern, in a considerable body, for an early dinner, where Samuel Johnson took the chair, at the head of a long table, and was the life and soul of the corps. The poet took post silently by his side, with the Burkes, Sir Joshua Reynolds...  Memoirs of Richard Cumberland - Page 363by Richard Cumberland - 1807 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
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...determined to struggle hard for our author : we accordingly assembled our strength at the Shakspeare Tavern in a considerable body for an early dinner,...predetermined applauders, under the banner of Major Mills, till good men and true. Our illustrious president was in inimitable glee, and poor Goldsmith that day... | |
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