The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... allowed to suggest , that the nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has ...
... allowed to suggest , that the nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has ...
Page 26
... allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up . May there not be the same difference between men who read as their taste prompts , and men who are confined in cells and colleges to stated tasks ? That a man in Mr ...
... allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up . May there not be the same difference between men who read as their taste prompts , and men who are confined in cells and colleges to stated tasks ? That a man in Mr ...
Page 50
... allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that Johnson , though he thus shewed a manly firmness , proved a most affectionate and indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life : and in ...
... allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that Johnson , though he thus shewed a manly firmness , proved a most affectionate and indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life : and in ...
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... allowed ten pounds for cloaths and linen . He said a man might live in a garret at eighteen- pence a week ; few people would inquire where he lodged ; and if they did , it was easy to say , ' Sir , I am to be found at such a place ...
... allowed ten pounds for cloaths and linen . He said a man might live in a garret at eighteen- pence a week ; few people would inquire where he lodged ; and if they did , it was easy to say , ' Sir , I am to be found at such a place ...
Page 70
... allowed it ) consisting in adapting Juvenal's sentiments to modern facts and persons . It will , with those additions , very conveniently make five sheets . And since the expense will be no more , I shall contentedly insure it , as I ...
... allowed it ) consisting in adapting Juvenal's sentiments to modern facts and persons . It will , with those additions , very conveniently make five sheets . And since the expense will be no more , I shall contentedly insure it , as I ...
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