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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... wish to return to it . He mentioned as strong an instance of this as can well be imagined . 1 Mrs. Macaulay . On " a buttered muffin , " according to Walpole . Garrick seems to have been of Johnson's opinion , for he once slipped in ...
... wish to return to it . He mentioned as strong an instance of this as can well be imagined . 1 Mrs. Macaulay . On " a buttered muffin , " according to Walpole . Garrick seems to have been of Johnson's opinion , for he once slipped in ...
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... wish I had thought of giving this to Thurlow , in the cause about Literary Property . What an excellent instance would it have been of the oppression of booksellers towards poor au- thours ! " ( smiling ) . Davies , zealous for the ...
... wish I had thought of giving this to Thurlow , in the cause about Literary Property . What an excellent instance would it have been of the oppression of booksellers towards poor au- thours ! " ( smiling ) . Davies , zealous for the ...
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... wish to be acquainted with you . " I was not a little flattered to be thus addressed by an eminent man , of whom I had read in Pope , from my early years , " Or , driven by strong benevolence of soul , Will fly , like OGLETHORPE , from ...
... wish to be acquainted with you . " I was not a little flattered to be thus addressed by an eminent man , of whom I had read in Pope , from my early years , " Or , driven by strong benevolence of soul , Will fly , like OGLETHORPE , from ...
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... wish could attain it , he would rather wish to be able to hem a ruffle . ” He again advised me to keep a journal fully and minutely , but not to mention such trifles as , that meat was too much or too little done , or that the weather ...
... wish could attain it , he would rather wish to be able to hem a ruffle . ” He again advised me to keep a journal fully and minutely , but not to mention such trifles as , that meat was too much or too little done , or that the weather ...
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... madness does incline ; Such a liquor as no brain That is mortal can sustain . " you have borrowed from Waller . I wish you would 2-2 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 19 the least notion of immortality; and I mentioned a ...
... madness does incline ; Such a liquor as no brain That is mortal can sustain . " you have borrowed from Waller . I wish you would 2-2 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 19 the least notion of immortality; and I mentioned a ...
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