The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make , the more trouble you give , the more good things you call for , the welcomer you are . No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do , who are incited by the prospect ...
... sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make , the more trouble you give , the more good things you call for , the welcomer you are . No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do , who are incited by the prospect ...
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... sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived ...
... sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived ...
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... Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . " [ Johnson's meaning however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead , must be the worst of all blockheads , because he is without excuse . But Bramstone , in the assumed character ...
... Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . " [ Johnson's meaning however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead , must be the worst of all blockheads , because he is without excuse . But Bramstone , in the assumed character ...
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... sure of his disapprobation of the doctrines of the church of Rome ; because about three weeks before we came abroad , he said to my Cornelia , ' you are going where the ostentatious pomp of church ceremonies attracts the imagination ...
... sure of his disapprobation of the doctrines of the church of Rome ; because about three weeks before we came abroad , he said to my Cornelia , ' you are going where the ostentatious pomp of church ceremonies attracts the imagination ...
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... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . " This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that ...
... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . " This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that ...
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