The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... respect , madam , your most devoted , truly obliged , and obedient humble servant , " ANNA WILLIAMS . " ] [ The following letter , addressed to ED . Dr. Johnson , though it does not belong to his personal history , describes a scene of ...
... respect , madam , your most devoted , truly obliged , and obedient humble servant , " ANNA WILLIAMS . " ] [ The following letter , addressed to ED . Dr. Johnson , though it does not belong to his personal history , describes a scene of ...
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... respect for my little observations should keep his work in suspense , makes one of the evils of my jour- ney . It is in our language , I think , a new mode of history which tells all that is want- ed , and , I suppose , all that is ...
... respect for my little observations should keep his work in suspense , makes one of the evils of my jour- ney . It is in our language , I think , a new mode of history which tells all that is want- ed , and , I suppose , all that is ...
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... respect and deference ; and I had reason to appre- hend disagreeable consequences from my non - compliance with his wishes . After much perplexity and uneasiness , I wrote to Dr. Johnson , stating the case , with all its difficulties ...
... respect and deference ; and I had reason to appre- hend disagreeable consequences from my non - compliance with his wishes . After much perplexity and uneasiness , I wrote to Dr. Johnson , stating the case , with all its difficulties ...
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... respect Mr Johnson ; but you and I love him . ” 39 1 I am happy in giving this full and clea statement to the publick , to vindicate , by the au thority of the greatest author of his age , that res pectable body of men , the book ...
... respect Mr Johnson ; but you and I love him . ” 39 1 I am happy in giving this full and clea statement to the publick , to vindicate , by the au thority of the greatest author of his age , that res pectable body of men , the book ...
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... respect . 66 Finding him still persevering in his ab- stinence from wine , I ventured to speak tc him of it . JOHNSON . " Sir , I have no ob- jection to a man's drinking wine , if he can do it in moderation . I found myself apt to go to ...
... respect . 66 Finding him still persevering in his ab- stinence from wine , I ventured to speak tc him of it . JOHNSON . " Sir , I have no ob- jection to a man's drinking wine , if he can do it in moderation . I found myself apt to go to ...
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