The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... thought that the death of an old school- fellow , and one with whom he had lived a good deal in London , would have affected my fellow - traveller much : but he only said , " Ah ! poor Jamy . " Afterwards , how- ever , when we were in ...
... thought that the death of an old school- fellow , and one with whom he had lived a good deal in London , would have affected my fellow - traveller much : but he only said , " Ah ! poor Jamy . " Afterwards , how- ever , when we were in ...
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... thoughts . Sir The philosopher may reason on the folly of this apprehension , but he will still feel its influence . Swift was so much under the dominion of this painful feeling , that he would leave letters unopened , to spare himself ...
... thoughts . Sir The philosopher may reason on the folly of this apprehension , but he will still feel its influence . Swift was so much under the dominion of this painful feeling , that he would leave letters unopened , to spare himself ...
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... thought , not in a very good humour : for , it seems , when he had got to Mr. Thrale's , he found the coach was at ... thoughts art thou Disquieted in me ? Some allowance must , no doubt , be made for early prepossession : but at a ma ...
... thought , not in a very good humour : for , it seems , when he had got to Mr. Thrale's , he found the coach was at ... thoughts art thou Disquieted in me ? Some allowance must , no doubt , be made for early prepossession : but at a ma ...
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... thought he had nothing to fear from a court martial . I suffered a great loss when he died ; he was a mighty pleas- ing man in conversation , and a reading man . The cha- racter of a soldier is high . They who stand forth the foremost ...
... thought he had nothing to fear from a court martial . I suffered a great loss when he died ; he was a mighty pleas- ing man in conversation , and a reading man . The cha- racter of a soldier is high . They who stand forth the foremost ...
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... thought then as I do now , I should have gone : but at that time I had objections to quitting England . " It was a very remarkable circumstance about Johnson , whom shallow observers have supposed to have been igno- rant of the world ...
... thought then as I do now , I should have gone : but at that time I had objections to quitting England . " It was a very remarkable circumstance about Johnson , whom shallow observers have supposed to have been igno- rant of the world ...
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