The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... MADAM , -Goodness so conspicuous as yours will be often solicited , and perhaps sometimes solicited by those who have little pretension to your favour . It is now my turn to introduce a petitioner , but such as I have reason to believe ...
... MADAM , -Goodness so conspicuous as yours will be often solicited , and perhaps sometimes solicited by those who have little pretension to your favour . It is now my turn to introduce a petitioner , but such as I have reason to believe ...
Page 137
... MADAM , I hope you will believe that my delay in answering your letter could proceed only from my unwillingness to destroy any hope that you had formed . Hope is itself a species of happiness , and , perhaps , the chief happiness which ...
... MADAM , I hope you will believe that my delay in answering your letter could proceed only from my unwillingness to destroy any hope that you had formed . Hope is itself a species of happiness , and , perhaps , the chief happiness which ...
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... MADAM , -To approach the high and illustrious has been in all ages the privilege of poets ; and though translators cannot justly claim the same honour , yet they naturally follow their authors as attendants ; and I hope that in return ...
... MADAM , -To approach the high and illustrious has been in all ages the privilege of poets ; and though translators cannot justly claim the same honour , yet they naturally follow their authors as attendants ; and I hope that in return ...
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