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... DEAR SIR , -Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspond- ent . Be assured , for the present , that nothing has les- sened ...
... DEAR SIR , -Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspond- ent . Be assured , for the present , that nothing has les- sened ...
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... sir , " said I , " I fear not . Do I know history ? Do I know mathematicks ? Do I know law ? " JOHNSON . " Why , sir ... dear for what you get . You must not give a shilling's worth of court for sixpence worth of good . But if you ...
... sir , " said I , " I fear not . Do I know history ? Do I know mathematicks ? Do I know law ? " JOHNSON . " Why , sir ... dear for what you get . You must not give a shilling's worth of court for sixpence worth of good . But if you ...
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... sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but an- swered with a smile , " My dear sir , you don't call Rous- seau bad company ...
... sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! " Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but an- swered with a smile , " My dear sir , you don't call Rous- seau bad company ...
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... DEAR SIR , -What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the pri- vilege ...
... DEAR SIR , -What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the pri- vilege ...
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... dear sir , " March 9 , 1766 , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street . " Most affectionately yours , " SAM . JOHNSON . TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " DEAR SIR , -In supposing that I should be more ...
... dear sir , " March 9 , 1766 , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street . " Most affectionately yours , " SAM . JOHNSON . TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " DEAR SIR , -In supposing that I should be more ...
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