The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... give you my opinion , that you would lessen yourself by it . What can you tell of countries so well known as those upon the continent of Europe , which you have visited ? " BOSWELL . " But I can give an entertaining narrative , with ...
... give you my opinion , that you would lessen yourself by it . What can you tell of countries so well known as those upon the continent of Europe , which you have visited ? " BOSWELL . " But I can give an entertaining narrative , with ...
Page 13
... give a pretty full account of one of the most curious incidents in Johnson's life , of which he himself has made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church I was accosted by Edwards , 1 an old fellow - col- legian ...
... give a pretty full account of one of the most curious incidents in Johnson's life , of which he himself has made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church I was accosted by Edwards , 1 an old fellow - col- legian ...
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... give a suppressive vote . Both Goldsmith's come- dies were once refused ; his first by Garrick , his second by Colman , who was prevailed on at last by much solicitation , nay , a kind of force , to bring it on . His ' Vicar of ...
... give a suppressive vote . Both Goldsmith's come- dies were once refused ; his first by Garrick , his second by Colman , who was prevailed on at last by much solicitation , nay , a kind of force , to bring it on . His ' Vicar of ...
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... give no more than a guinea for a pair . " Such were the principles of the business ; and , after some examination , he was fitted . As we drove along , I found him in a talking humour , of which I availed myself . BoSWELL . " I was this ...
... give no more than a guinea for a pair . " Such were the principles of the business ; and , after some examination , he was fitted . As we drove along , I found him in a talking humour , of which I availed myself . BoSWELL . " I was this ...
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... gives a man nothing . It neither gives him knowledge nor wit ; it only animates a man , and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed . It only puts in motion what has been locked up in frost . But this may be ...
... gives a man nothing . It neither gives him knowledge nor wit ; it only animates a man , and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed . It only puts in motion what has been locked up in frost . But this may be ...
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