The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... acquaintance whose memory was beginning to fail . JOHNSON . " There must be a diseased mind where there is a failure of memory at seventy . A man's head , Sir , must be morbid if he fails so soon . " ( 1 ) My friend , ( 1 ) Probably ...
... acquaintance whose memory was beginning to fail . JOHNSON . " There must be a diseased mind where there is a failure of memory at seventy . A man's head , Sir , must be morbid if he fails so soon . " ( 1 ) My friend , ( 1 ) Probably ...
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... acquaintance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent ( 3 ) , he said , " They should set him in the pillory , that he may be punished in a way that would disgrace him ...
... acquaintance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent ( 3 ) , he said , " They should set him in the pillory , that he may be punished in a way that would disgrace him ...
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... acquaintance and relation , my mother's nephew . He had purchased a living in the country , but not simoniacally . I never saw him but in the country . I have been told he was a man of great parts ; very profligate , but I never heard ...
... acquaintance and relation , my mother's nephew . He had purchased a living in the country , but not simoniacally . I never saw him but in the country . I have been told he was a man of great parts ; very profligate , but I never heard ...
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