The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... Poor of London - Pope's " Essay on Man " -Lord Boling . broke - Johnson's Residences in London - Conjugal Infidelity - Roman Catholics - Helps to the Study of Greek - Middlesex Election - House of Commons - Right of Expulsion- George ...
... Poor of London - Pope's " Essay on Man " -Lord Boling . broke - Johnson's Residences in London - Conjugal Infidelity - Roman Catholics - Helps to the Study of Greek - Middlesex Election - House of Commons - Right of Expulsion- George ...
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... , his lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it , and found it was only two shillings ; so here was a very poor saving . JOHNSON . " Sir , that is the 11.
... , his lady had objected to the cutting of a pickled mango , and that I had taken an opportunity to ask the price of it , and found it was only two shillings ; so here was a very poor saving . JOHNSON . " Sir , that is the 11.
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... poor relations to whom I gave a great part of it . " JOHNSON . ' Sir , you have been rich in the most valuable sense of the word . " ED- WARDS . " But I shall not die rich . " JOHNSON . " Nay , sure , Sir , 66 1 Johnson said to me ...
... poor relations to whom I gave a great part of it . " JOHNSON . ' Sir , you have been rich in the most valuable sense of the word . " ED- WARDS . " But I shall not die rich . " JOHNSON . " Nay , sure , Sir , 66 1 Johnson said to me ...
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... poor man in distress , " as he told me . I did not question him particularly as to this . He himself often resembled Lady Bolingbroke's lively description of Pope : that " he was un politique aux choux et aux raves . " He would say ...
... poor man in distress , " as he told me . I did not question him particularly as to this . He himself often resembled Lady Bolingbroke's lively description of Pope : that " he was un politique aux choux et aux raves . " He would say ...
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... poor man , if he had been at all waking " which Lord Kames has omitted . He added , " In this book it is maintained that virtue is natural to man , and that if we would but consalt our own hearts we should be virtuous . Now 65.
... poor man , if he had been at all waking " which Lord Kames has omitted . He added , " In this book it is maintained that virtue is natural to man , and that if we would but consalt our own hearts we should be virtuous . Now 65.
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