The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
... hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
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... hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how ...
... hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how ...
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... hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress it . But , like many other theories , it is deduced from a supposed fact , which is , indeed , a fiction . 1 Prayers and Meditations , p . 27 . 2 [ Speaking himself of ...
... hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress it . But , like many other theories , it is deduced from a supposed fact , which is , indeed , a fiction . 1 Prayers and Meditations , p . 27 . 2 [ Speaking himself of ...
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... hope for out of my father's effects , previous to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now therefore see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my mind be ...
... hope for out of my father's effects , previous to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now therefore see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my mind be ...
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... hope , therefore , the present I now presume to make , will not be thought improper ; which , however , it is not my business as a dedicator to commend , nor as a bookseller to depreciate . " It is reasonable to suppose , that his ...
... hope , therefore , the present I now presume to make , will not be thought improper ; which , however , it is not my business as a dedicator to commend , nor as a bookseller to depreciate . " It is reasonable to suppose , that his ...
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