The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... hope the same regard which you express for me on every other occasion , will incline you to for- give me . I am often , very often , ill ; and , when I am well , am obliged to work ; and , indeed , have never much used myself to ...
... hope the same regard which you express for me on every other occasion , will incline you to for- give me . I am often , very often , ill ; and , when I am well , am obliged to work ; and , indeed , have never much used myself to ...
Page 182
... hope to remove by my book [ his Dictionary ] , which now draws towards its end ; but which I cannot finish to my mind , without visiting the libraries of Oxford , which I therefore hope to see in a fortnight.1 I know not how long I ...
... hope to remove by my book [ his Dictionary ] , which now draws towards its end ; but which I cannot finish to my mind , without visiting the libraries of Oxford , which I therefore hope to see in a fortnight.1 I know not how long I ...
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... hope you will believe that my delay in answering your letter could pro- ceed only from my unwillingness to destroy any hope that you had formed . Hope is itself a species of happiness , and , perhaps , the chief happiness which this ...
... hope you will believe that my delay in answering your letter could pro- ceed only from my unwillingness to destroy any hope that you had formed . Hope is itself a species of happiness , and , perhaps , the chief happiness which this ...
Contents
List of Illustrations | xiv |
Mr Boswells Advertisements | xx |
17091731 | 33 |
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