The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides;H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... desire of giving useful pleasure . " ( 1 ) The bargain was for two hundred guineas , and the book- sellers spontaneously added a third hundred ; on this occasion Dr. Johnson observed to me , 66 Sir , I always said the booksellers were a ...
... desire of giving useful pleasure . " ( 1 ) The bargain was for two hundred guineas , and the book- sellers spontaneously added a third hundred ; on this occasion Dr. Johnson observed to me , 66 Sir , I always said the booksellers were a ...
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... desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires , Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was gone , My pride struck out new sparkles of her own . Such was I , such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory and be mine the ...
... desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires , Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was gone , My pride struck out new sparkles of her own . Such was I , such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory and be mine the ...
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... desire to destine them . " My promise was pledged with the condition , that if the letters were found to contain any thing which should render them improper for the public eye , you would dispense with the performance of it . You will ...
... desire to destine them . " My promise was pledged with the condition , that if the letters were found to contain any thing which should render them improper for the public eye , you would dispense with the performance of it . You will ...
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... desires and luxury en- joys . But my knowledge of them is too scanty to fur- nish me with proper topics of inquiry : I can only wish for information ; and hope that a mind compre- ( 1 ) Afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of his ...
... desires and luxury en- joys . But my knowledge of them is too scanty to fur- nish me with proper topics of inquiry : I can only wish for information ; and hope that a mind compre- ( 1 ) Afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of his ...
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... desire , had been lately formed at the Queen's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard . He told Mr. Hoole that he wished to have a city Club , and asked him to collect one ; but , said he , " Don't let them be patriots . " The company were to ...
... desire , had been lately formed at the Queen's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard . He told Mr. Hoole that he wished to have a city Club , and asked him to collect one ; but , said he , " Don't let them be patriots . " The company were to ...
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