The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4Derby & Jackson, 1858 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... attention and anxiety that the sale should not suffer the smallest decrease , that he would name a parti- cular person who he heard had talked of leaving off the Magazine , and would say , ' Let us have something good next month ...
... attention and anxiety that the sale should not suffer the smallest decrease , that he would name a parti- cular person who he heard had talked of leaving off the Magazine , and would say , ' Let us have something good next month ...
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... attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not selling his first volume at a moderate price to the ...
... attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not selling his first volume at a moderate price to the ...
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... attention was paid to him than usual , which put him out of humour : and upon some imaginary offence from me , he attacked me with such rudeness , that I was vexed and angry , because it gave those persons an opportunity of enlarging ...
... attention was paid to him than usual , which put him out of humour : and upon some imaginary offence from me , he attacked me with such rudeness , that I was vexed and angry , because it gave those persons an opportunity of enlarging ...
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... attention to the sages of the law ; but if , after hearing them , they have a firm opinion of their own , are bound , as honest men , to decide accord- ingly . Nor is it so difficult for them to understand even law ques- tions as is ...
... attention to the sages of the law ; but if , after hearing them , they have a firm opinion of their own , are bound , as honest men , to decide accord- ingly . Nor is it so difficult for them to understand even law ques- tions as is ...
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... attention : I also expressed the pleasure with which I had found that our worthy friend , Langton , was highly esteemed in his own county town . LETTER 322 . FROM MR . BOSWELL . " Edinburgh , June 18 , 1778 . " MY DEAR SIR , - ** Since ...
... attention : I also expressed the pleasure with which I had found that our worthy friend , Langton , was highly esteemed in his own county town . LETTER 322 . FROM MR . BOSWELL . " Edinburgh , June 18 , 1778 . " MY DEAR SIR , - ** Since ...
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