The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... reason for writing it ; but I shall not easily deny what Lord Hailes and you concur in desiring . " I have been remarkably healthy all the journey , and hope you and your family have known only that trouble and danger which has so ...
... reason for writing it ; but I shall not easily deny what Lord Hailes and you concur in desiring . " I have been remarkably healthy all the journey , and hope you and your family have known only that trouble and danger which has so ...
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... reason , with some expression of surprise , he answered , " because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though Johnson under- stood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I have observed at his first in ...
... reason , with some expression of surprise , he answered , " because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though Johnson under- stood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I have observed at his first in ...
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... reason , disin- herited his daughters ; but it no more fol- lows that he intended this act as a rule for posterity , than the disinheriting of his brother . " If , therefore , you ask by what right your father admits daughters to ...
... reason , disin- herited his daughters ; but it no more fol- lows that he intended this act as a rule for posterity , than the disinheriting of his brother . " If , therefore , you ask by what right your father admits daughters to ...
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... reason to complain if he does not transmit it unlimited to posterity . For why should he make the state of others worse than his own , without a reason ? ' If this be true , though neither you nor your father are about to do what is ...
... reason to complain if he does not transmit it unlimited to posterity . For why should he make the state of others worse than his own , without a reason ? ' If this be true , though neither you nor your father are about to do what is ...
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... reason away your troubles ; do not feed them with attention , and they will die imperceptibly away . Fix your thoughts upon your business , fill your intervals with company , and sunshine will again break in upon your mind . If you will ...
... reason away your troubles ; do not feed them with attention , and they will die imperceptibly away . Fix your thoughts upon your business , fill your intervals with company , and sunshine will again break in upon your mind . If you will ...
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