The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page xx
... believe , " he whispered to Mrs. Boscawen , " this is as much as can be made of life . " When he and Johnson walked away , they paused by the rails of the Adelphi , then overlooking the Thames , but now high and dry above the Victoria ...
... believe , " he whispered to Mrs. Boscawen , " this is as much as can be made of life . " When he and Johnson walked away , they paused by the rails of the Adelphi , then overlooking the Thames , but now high and dry above the Victoria ...
Page xxx
... believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judge- ment ...
... believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judge- ment ...
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... believe , who have , or think they have , a very small share of vanity . Such may speak of their literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the ...
... believe , who have , or think they have , a very small share of vanity . Such may speak of their literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the ...
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... to calculate the returns of my father's trade , and by that estimate his probable profits . This , I believe , my parents never did . " - M . ] that he remembered distinctly having had the first notice of ΙΟ THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
... to calculate the returns of my father's trade , and by that estimate his probable profits . This , I believe , my parents never did . " - M . ] that he remembered distinctly having had the first notice of ΙΟ THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
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... believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say ...
... believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say ...
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