The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 - Authors, English |
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... and I have too much pleasure in pleasing men like you , not to feel very sensibly the distinction which you have bestowed upon me . " Few consequences of my endeavours to please or to D 3 ETAT . 46 . 37 THE DICTIONARY .
... and I have too much pleasure in pleasing men like you , not to feel very sensibly the distinction which you have bestowed upon me . " Few consequences of my endeavours to please or to D 3 ETAT . 46 . 37 THE DICTIONARY .
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... pleasure proportionate to the esteem which so short an acquaintance strongly impressed , and which I hope to confirm by nearer knowledge , though I am afraid that gratification will be for a time withheld . " I have , indeed , published ...
... pleasure proportionate to the esteem which so short an acquaintance strongly impressed , and which I hope to confirm by nearer knowledge , though I am afraid that gratification will be for a time withheld . " I have , indeed , published ...
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... pleasure , by , dear Sir , your most obliged , and most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " 66 LETTER 43. TO THE REV . THOMAS WARTON . [ London , ] May 13. 1755 . " DEAR SIR , -I am grieved that you should think me capable of ...
... pleasure , by , dear Sir , your most obliged , and most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " 66 LETTER 43. TO THE REV . THOMAS WARTON . [ London , ] May 13. 1755 . " DEAR SIR , -I am grieved that you should think me capable of ...
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... pleasure , though it [ be ] only that of two friends meeting together . I have promised my- self every day to inform you when you might expect me at Oxford , and have not been able to fix a time . The time , however , is , I think , at ...
... pleasure , though it [ be ] only that of two friends meeting together . I have promised my- self every day to inform you when you might expect me at Oxford , and have not been able to fix a time . The time , however , is , I think , at ...
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... pleasure to convey to him . It must undoubtedly seem strange , that the con- clusion of his Preface should be expressed in terms so desponding , when it is considered that the author was then only in his forty - sixth year . But we must ...
... pleasure to convey to him . It must undoubtedly seem strange , that the con- clusion of his Preface should be expressed in terms so desponding , when it is considered that the author was then only in his forty - sixth year . But we must ...
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