The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... present state . Many of your notions seem not to be very clear in your own mind ; many are not sufficiently developed and expanded for the com- mon reader : it wants every where to be made smoother and plainer . " You may , by revisal ...
... present state . Many of your notions seem not to be very clear in your own mind ; many are not sufficiently developed and expanded for the com- mon reader : it wants every where to be made smoother and plainer . " You may , by revisal ...
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... present more worthy of his acceptance than the segment from the hearth- broom , but soon after introducing him to Dr. John- son himself in Bolt - court , with whom he had the satisfaction of conversing a considerable time , not a ...
... present more worthy of his acceptance than the segment from the hearth- broom , but soon after introducing him to Dr. John- son himself in Bolt - court , with whom he had the satisfaction of conversing a considerable time , not a ...
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... present , that my affection for worse . [ See ante , vol . iii . pp . 351 and 352 , where , in a better humour , he describes his townsmen as the most civilized people in England . — En . ] you is not diminished ; and my expectation ...
... present , that my affection for worse . [ See ante , vol . iii . pp . 351 and 352 , where , in a better humour , he describes his townsmen as the most civilized people in England . — En . ] you is not diminished ; and my expectation ...
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... present reading . — BOSWELL . 2 [ Is there a pun hidden under this allusion to the parable in Matthew xxv . 15 ? -ED . ] 3 [ Here , by an error of date , followed some observations on a curious passage in one of Johnson's diaries ...
... present reading . — BOSWELL . 2 [ Is there a pun hidden under this allusion to the parable in Matthew xxv . 15 ? -ED . ] 3 [ Here , by an error of date , followed some observations on a curious passage in one of Johnson's diaries ...
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... present by two sick women , where my dear old friend , Mr. Levett , to whom , as he used to tell me , I owe your acquaintance , died a few weeks ago , suddenly in his bed ; there passed not , I believe , a minute between health and ...
... present by two sick women , where my dear old friend , Mr. Levett , to whom , as he used to tell me , I owe your acquaintance , died a few weeks ago , suddenly in his bed ; there passed not , I believe , a minute between health and ...
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