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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... soon grew weary , and paid frequent visits to his old shop , where he desired they might let him know their melting - days , and he would come and assist them which he accordingly did . ' Here , Sir , was a man , to whom the most ...
... soon grew weary , and paid frequent visits to his old shop , where he desired they might let him know their melting - days , and he would come and assist them which he accordingly did . ' Here , Sir , was a man , to whom the most ...
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... soon return to him . Mine returned to me , and I wrote in ' The Visitor ' no longer . " 2 Friday , April 7 , I dined with him at a tavern , with a numerous Second Edition , line 17. - There has probably been some mistake as to the terms ...
... soon return to him . Mine returned to me , and I wrote in ' The Visitor ' no longer . " 2 Friday , April 7 , I dined with him at a tavern , with a numerous Second Edition , line 17. - There has probably been some mistake as to the terms ...
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... Soon after the publication of my " Account of Corsica , " he did me the honour to call on me , and approaching me with a frank courteous air , said , " My name , Sir , is Oglethorpe , and I wish to be acquainted with you . " I was not a ...
... Soon after the publication of my " Account of Corsica , " he did me the honour to call on me , and approaching me with a frank courteous air , said , " My name , Sir , is Oglethorpe , and I wish to be acquainted with you . " I was not a ...
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... soon to lose him ; for notwithstand- ing his great age , he was very healthy and vigorous , and was at last carried off by a violent fever , which is often fatal at any period of life . " The old man , " says Dr. Campbell , " excused ...
... soon to lose him ; for notwithstand- ing his great age , he was very healthy and vigorous , and was at last carried off by a violent fever , which is often fatal at any period of life . " The old man , " says Dr. Campbell , " excused ...
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... soon after the time , much might have been preserved , which is now irretrievably lost . I can now only record some particular scenes , and a few fragments of his memorabilia . But to make some amends for my relaxation of diligence in ...
... soon after the time , much might have been preserved , which is now irretrievably lost . I can now only record some particular scenes , and a few fragments of his memorabilia . But to make some amends for my relaxation of diligence in ...
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