The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... appears to have been quite ignorant of those of its characteristics which led Richardson to describe it , in Sir Charles Grandison , as a marriage market , and Goldsmith ( through Moses Primrose ) to compare it to the notorious Fair of ...
... appears to have been quite ignorant of those of its characteristics which led Richardson to describe it , in Sir Charles Grandison , as a marriage market , and Goldsmith ( through Moses Primrose ) to compare it to the notorious Fair of ...
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... appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , ' which I found here on my ...
... appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , ' which I found here on my ...
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... appears highly probable . He told Mr. Paradise that he was some- times so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town - clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to ...
... appears highly probable . He told Mr. Paradise that he was some- times so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town - clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to ...
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... appears from the following passage in his minutes kept by way of diary : Sept. 7 , 1736. I have this day entered upon my 28th year . " Mayest thou , O God , enable me , for JESUS CHRIST'S sake , to spend this in such a manner , that I ...
... appears from the following passage in his minutes kept by way of diary : Sept. 7 , 1736. I have this day entered upon my 28th year . " Mayest thou , O God , enable me , for JESUS CHRIST'S sake , to spend this in such a manner , that I ...
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... appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my possession , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study , according to computation , of which he was all his life fond , as it fixed his ...
... appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my possession , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study , according to computation , of which he was all his life fond , as it fixed his ...
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