The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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Page 184
... write or not , set your thoughts at rest . I now write to tell you that I shall not very soon write again , for I am to set out to - morrow on another journey . * * " Your friends are all well at Streatham , and in Leicester- fields.1 ...
... write or not , set your thoughts at rest . I now write to tell you that I shall not very soon write again , for I am to set out to - morrow on another journey . * * " Your friends are all well at Streatham , and in Leicester- fields.1 ...
Page 188
... writing . However , let somebody write , if you cannot , and tell me how you do , and a little of what has happened at Lichfield among our friends . I hope you are all well . ' When I was in France , I thought myself growing young , but ...
... writing . However , let somebody write , if you cannot , and tell me how you do , and a little of what has happened at Lichfield among our friends . I hope you are all well . ' When I was in France , I thought myself growing young , but ...
Page 242
... writing the history of the wolf in Great - Britain . JOHNSON . ' The wolf , Sir ! why the wolf ? Why does he not write of the bear , which we had formerly ? Nay , it is said we had the beaver . Or why does he not write of the grey rat ...
... writing the history of the wolf in Great - Britain . JOHNSON . ' The wolf , Sir ! why the wolf ? Why does he not write of the bear , which we had formerly ? Nay , it is said we had the beaver . Or why does he not write of the grey rat ...
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