The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... live very well with Burke : I love his knowledge , his genius , his diffusion , and affluence of conversation ; but I would not talk to him of the Rockingham party . ' GOLDSMITH . ' But , Sir , when people live together who have ...
... live very well with Burke : I love his knowledge , his genius , his diffusion , and affluence of conversation ; but I would not talk to him of the Rockingham party . ' GOLDSMITH . ' But , Sir , when people live together who have ...
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... live by his labours ; but he should write so as he may live by them , not so as he may be knocked on the head . I would advise him to be at Calais before he publishes his history of the present age . A foreigner who attaches himself to ...
... live by his labours ; but he should write so as he may live by them , not so as he may be knocked on the head . I would advise him to be at Calais before he publishes his history of the present age . A foreigner who attaches himself to ...
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... live at Worcester . His mind , being without its usual lives [ H ] occupation , and having nothing else to supply its place , preyed upon itself , so that existence was a torment to him . At last he was seized with the stone ; and a ...
... live at Worcester . His mind , being without its usual lives [ H ] occupation , and having nothing else to supply its place , preyed upon itself , so that existence was a torment to him . At last he was seized with the stone ; and a ...
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