The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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James Boswell Hester Lynch Piozzi, Edward Garland Fletcher. ' The enquiry is not yet quite hopeless , and I should think that the exact truth may be discovered , if proper means be used . I am , & c . ' JAMES BOSWELL ' queried : you know ...
James Boswell Hester Lynch Piozzi, Edward Garland Fletcher. ' The enquiry is not yet quite hopeless , and I should think that the exact truth may be discovered , if proper means be used . I am , & c . ' JAMES BOSWELL ' queried : you know ...
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James Boswell Hester Lynch Piozzi, Edward Garland Fletcher. On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to different professions , he told me , ' I learnt what I know of law chiefly from Mr. Ballow , 1 ...
James Boswell Hester Lynch Piozzi, Edward Garland Fletcher. On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to different professions , he told me , ' I learnt what I know of law chiefly from Mr. Ballow , 1 ...
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... JAMES BOSWELL ' ' TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . ' YOUR notion of the necessity of an yearly interview is very pleasing to both my vanity and tenderness . I shall perhaps come to Carlisle another year ; but my money has not held out so well ...
... JAMES BOSWELL ' ' TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . ' YOUR notion of the necessity of an yearly interview is very pleasing to both my vanity and tenderness . I shall perhaps come to Carlisle another year ; but my money has not held out so well ...
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