The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... wonder ! [ H ] queried : Sir , if it etc. [ H ] b The Number is much increased 1807. [ 1 ] ' Tis a Quotation . [ H ] That The Road to Hell is paved with good Resolutions is in Some Devotional Work . [ 1 ] Dr. Johnson proceeded : ' Sir ...
... wonder ! [ H ] queried : Sir , if it etc. [ H ] b The Number is much increased 1807. [ 1 ] ' Tis a Quotation . [ H ] That The Road to Hell is paved with good Resolutions is in Some Devotional Work . [ 1 ] Dr. Johnson proceeded : ' Sir ...
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... wonder at his attaining Sir John ... a wonder a seat , " Johnson said , ' Now we who know Mr. Burke , [ 1 ] know , that he will be one of the first men in the country . ' that Sir John Hawkins ! And once , when Johnson was ill , and ...
... wonder at his attaining Sir John ... a wonder a seat , " Johnson said , ' Now we who know Mr. Burke , [ 1 ] know , that he will be one of the first men in the country . ' that Sir John Hawkins ! And once , when Johnson was ill , and ...
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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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