The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... JOHNSON . " Ay , Sir , but let it be com- pared with Mull ! ” There was a very numerous congregation to - day at St. Clement's church , which Dr. Johnson said he observed with pleasure . And now I am to give a pretty full account of one ...
... JOHNSON . " Ay , Sir , but let it be com- pared with Mull ! ” There was a very numerous congregation to - day at St. Clement's church , which Dr. Johnson said he observed with pleasure . And now I am to give a pretty full account of one ...
Page 151
... JOHNSON ( who we did not imagine was attending ) . " You find , Sir , you have fears as well as hopes . " So well did he see the whole , when another saw but the half of a subject . ( 1 ) When we got to Dr. Johnson's house , and were ...
... JOHNSON ( who we did not imagine was attending ) . " You find , Sir , you have fears as well as hopes . " So well did he see the whole , when another saw but the half of a subject . ( 1 ) When we got to Dr. Johnson's house , and were ...
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... JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . Property has been as well settled . " Johnson , however , had a noble ambition floating in his mind , and had , undoubtedly , often speculated on the possibility of his supereminent powers being rewarded in this ...
... JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . Property has been as well settled . " Johnson , however , had a noble ambition floating in his mind , and had , undoubtedly , often speculated on the possibility of his supereminent powers being rewarded in this ...
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