The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... give a different , not a better or a fuller representation than Boswell's . To afford satisfaction to this feeling , and gratify the desire to know all that can be known about so great a man , the different articles in this volume are ...
... give a different , not a better or a fuller representation than Boswell's . To afford satisfaction to this feeling , and gratify the desire to know all that can be known about so great a man , the different articles in this volume are ...
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... give to the other . The erudition of Mr. Johnson proved his genius ; for he had not acquired it by long or profound study : nor can I think those characters the greatest which have most learning driven into their heads , any MRS ...
... give to the other . The erudition of Mr. Johnson proved his genius ; for he had not acquired it by long or profound study : nor can I think those characters the greatest which have most learning driven into their heads , any MRS ...
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... give me something to write in my repository . " I warrant ( said he ) there is a great deal about me in it : you shall have at least one thing worth your pains ; so if you will get the pen and ink , I will repeat to you Anacreon's Dove ...
... give me something to write in my repository . " I warrant ( said he ) there is a great deal about me in it : you shall have at least one thing worth your pains ; so if you will get the pen and ink , I will repeat to you Anacreon's Dove ...
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... give that which one has been accustomed to sell ; would not you , Sir ( turning to Mr. Thrale ) , rather give away money than porter ? " : Mr. Johnson had never , by his own account , been a close student , and used to advise young ...
... give that which one has been accustomed to sell ; would not you , Sir ( turning to Mr. Thrale ) , rather give away money than porter ? " : Mr. Johnson had never , by his own account , been a close student , and used to advise young ...
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... give a new edition of it , because ( said he ) there are four or five gross faults : " Alas , Sir ( replied Johnson ) , there are four or five hundred faults , instead of four or five ; but you do not consider that it would take me up ...
... give a new edition of it , because ( said he ) there are four or five gross faults : " Alas , Sir ( replied Johnson ) , there are four or five hundred faults , instead of four or five ; but you do not consider that it would take me up ...
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