The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... hear what opinion so able a judge as Johnson had formed of his abilities , and I asked if he was not a man of sense . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , he is not a distinct relater ; and I should say , he is neither abounding nor deficient in ...
... hear what opinion so able a judge as Johnson had formed of his abilities , and I asked if he was not a man of sense . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , he is not a distinct relater ; and I should say , he is neither abounding nor deficient in ...
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... hear of his being hung in effigy . ' ' I should be glad of that , ' says the Doctor , that would be a new source of fame , ' allud- ing to some conversation on the fulness of his fame , which had gone before . ' And , ' says Boswell , I ...
... hear of his being hung in effigy . ' ' I should be glad of that , ' says the Doctor , that would be a new source of fame , ' allud- ing to some conversation on the fulness of his fame , which had gone before . ' And , ' says Boswell , I ...
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... hear him was such , that I constantly watched every dawn- ing of communication from that great and illuminated mind . He observed , " All knowledge is of itself of some value . There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable , that I would ...
... hear him was such , that I constantly watched every dawn- ing of communication from that great and illuminated mind . He observed , " All knowledge is of itself of some value . There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable , that I would ...
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... hear that you still want . The receipt is this : " Take equal quantities of flour of sulphur , and flour of mustard - seed , make them an electuary with honey or treacle ; and take a bolus as big as a nutmeg several times a day , as you ...
... hear that you still want . The receipt is this : " Take equal quantities of flour of sulphur , and flour of mustard - seed , make them an electuary with honey or treacle ; and take a bolus as big as a nutmeg several times a day , as you ...
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... hear any good , and hope that she and the little dear ladies will have neither sickness nor any other affliction . But she knows that she does not care what becomes of me , and for that she may be sure that I think her very much to ...
... hear any good , and hope that she and the little dear ladies will have neither sickness nor any other affliction . But she knows that she does not care what becomes of me , and for that she may be sure that I think her very much to ...
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