The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... tell , and putting down your authorities . " BOSWELL . " But I could not have the advantage of it in my life - time . " JOHNSON . " You might have the satisfaction of its fame , by printing it in Holland ; and as to profit , consider ...
... tell , and putting down your authorities . " BOSWELL . " But I could not have the advantage of it in my life - time . " JOHNSON . " You might have the satisfaction of its fame , by printing it in Holland ; and as to profit , consider ...
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... tell the precise moment when friendship is formed . As in filling a vessel drop by drop , there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over . We must not ...
... tell the precise moment when friendship is formed . As in filling a vessel drop by drop , there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over . We must not ...
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... tell a lie : I left the matter uncertain . Perhaps I thought that Seward would not believe it the less to be mine for what I said ; but I would not put it in his power to say I had owned it . " He praised Blair's sermons : " Yet ...
... tell a lie : I left the matter uncertain . Perhaps I thought that Seward would not believe it the less to be mine for what I said ; but I would not put it in his power to say I had owned it . " He praised Blair's sermons : " Yet ...
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... tell you that you appear to me to have been too rigid upon this occasion . The cowardly caution which gave you no pleasure , ' was suggested to me by a friend here , to whom I mentioned the strange story and the detection of its falsity ...
... tell you that you appear to me to have been too rigid upon this occasion . The cowardly caution which gave you no pleasure , ' was suggested to me by a friend here , to whom I mentioned the strange story and the detection of its falsity ...
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... tell or hear it oftener ? " Tell Veronica , Euphemia , and Alexander , that I wish them , as well as their parents , many happy years . " You have ended the negro's cause much to my mind . Lord Auchinleck and dear Lord Hailes were on ...
... tell or hear it oftener ? " Tell Veronica , Euphemia , and Alexander , that I wish them , as well as their parents , many happy years . " You have ended the negro's cause much to my mind . Lord Auchinleck and dear Lord Hailes were on ...
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