The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... once tried knotting . Dempster's sister undertook to teach me ; but I could not learn it . " BOSWELL . " So , Sir ; it will be related in pompous narrative , Once for his amusement he tried knotting ; nor did this Hercules disdain the ...
... once tried knotting . Dempster's sister undertook to teach me ; but I could not learn it . " BOSWELL . " So , Sir ; it will be related in pompous narrative , Once for his amusement he tried knotting ; nor did this Hercules disdain the ...
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... once at the seat of Lord Clive , who had re- turned from India with great wealth ; and that he showed him at the door of his bed - chamber a large chest , which he said he had once had full of gold ; upon which Brown observed , ' I am ...
... once at the seat of Lord Clive , who had re- turned from India with great wealth ; and that he showed him at the door of his bed - chamber a large chest , which he said he had once had full of gold ; upon which Brown observed , ' I am ...
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... once the rest was pease . You are afraid , you say , lest I extenuate myself too fast , and are an enemy to violence ... once pre- sumed , and never have attained ? Would I compare what I now am , with what I once expected to have been ...
... once the rest was pease . You are afraid , you say , lest I extenuate myself too fast , and are an enemy to violence ... once pre- sumed , and never have attained ? Would I compare what I now am , with what I once expected to have been ...
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