The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... particular . All your friends , however , are well , and will be glad of your return to London . I am , dear sir , yours most affectionately , " SAM . JOHNSON . " At a time when he was less able than he had once been to sustain a shock ...
... particular . All your friends , however , are well , and will be glad of your return to London . I am , dear sir , yours most affectionately , " SAM . JOHNSON . " At a time when he was less able than he had once been to sustain a shock ...
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... particular attention to the diseases of the imagination , which he watched in him- self with a solicitude destructive of his own peace , and intolerable to those he trusted . Dr. Lawrence told him one day , that if he would come and ...
... particular attention to the diseases of the imagination , which he watched in him- self with a solicitude destructive of his own peace , and intolerable to those he trusted . Dr. Lawrence told him one day , that if he would come and ...
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... particular salubrity in this air ; my respiration is very laborious ; my appetite is good , and my sleep commonly long and quiet ; but a very little motion disables me . " I dine to - day with Dr. Adams , and to - morrow with Dr ...
... particular salubrity in this air ; my respiration is very laborious ; my appetite is good , and my sleep commonly long and quiet ; but a very little motion disables me . " I dine to - day with Dr. Adams , and to - morrow with Dr ...
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... particular time or place . " The more a man extends and varies his acquaint- ance the better . " This , however , was meant with a just restriction ; for he on another occasion said to me , " Sir , a man may be so much of every thing ...
... particular time or place . " The more a man extends and varies his acquaint- ance the better . " This , however , was meant with a just restriction ; for he on another occasion said to me , " Sir , a man may be so much of every thing ...
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... particular about him might be presented to his view , and corrected . " I observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ventured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his peculiarities 1 . I , some years ago , in a note on a ...
... particular about him might be presented to his view , and corrected . " I observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ventured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his peculiarities 1 . I , some years ago , in a note on a ...
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