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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... tell his Lordship did not sink into the paper , and might be wiped off with a wet sponge , so that he did not spoil his manuscript . I told him there were very few of his friends so accurate as that I could venture to put down in ...
... tell his Lordship did not sink into the paper , and might be wiped off with a wet sponge , so that he did not spoil his manuscript . I told him there were very few of his friends so accurate as that I could venture to put down in ...
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... tell you , my divine , that I yesterday received the holy sacrament in St. Paul's , and was exalted in piety . " He had prepared for this rite by a banquet with Wilkes on the Saturday evening . 3 Johnson was strictly accurate . Browne's ...
... tell you , my divine , that I yesterday received the holy sacrament in St. Paul's , and was exalted in piety . " He had prepared for this rite by a banquet with Wilkes on the Saturday evening . 3 Johnson was strictly accurate . Browne's ...
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... tell him , ' Your Lordship's house is on fire ; ' and so , instead of minding the business of his Court , he is to be occupied in getting the engine with the greatest speed . There is no end of this . Every Judge who has land , trades ...
... tell him , ' Your Lordship's house is on fire ; ' and so , instead of minding the business of his Court , he is to be occupied in getting the engine with the greatest speed . There is no end of this . Every Judge who has land , trades ...
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... tell you , as my divine , that I yester- day received the holy sacrament in St. Paul's church , and was exalted in piety . " -Boswell's Letters , 186 . Richmond early in the day , was obliged to go 20 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... tell you , as my divine , that I yester- day received the holy sacrament in St. Paul's church , and was exalted in piety . " -Boswell's Letters , 186 . Richmond early in the day , was obliged to go 20 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... tell where to beg again . I put into his hands this morning four guineas . If you could collect three guineas more , it would clear him from his present difficulty . I am , Sir , going to Bath . I am to set out on. A learned Greek . Cor ...
... tell where to beg again . I put into his hands this morning four guineas . If you could collect three guineas more , it would clear him from his present difficulty . I am , Sir , going to Bath . I am to set out on. A learned Greek . Cor ...
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