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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... thing rather than another , nor from one kind of weather rather than another . There are people , I believe , who feel a difference ; but I am not one of them . And as to regular meals , I have fasted from the Sunday's dinner to the ...
... thing rather than another , nor from one kind of weather rather than another . There are people , I believe , who feel a difference ; but I am not one of them . And as to regular meals , I have fasted from the Sunday's dinner to the ...
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... thing to a college , which is a permanent society , whether it gets the money now or twenty years hence ; and I would wish to make my relations or friends feel the benefit of it . " This interview confirmed my opinion of Johnson's most ...
... thing to a college , which is a permanent society , whether it gets the money now or twenty years hence ; and I would wish to make my relations or friends feel the benefit of it . " This interview confirmed my opinion of Johnson's most ...
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... things of this life better than he did ; and he could not but be con- scious that he deserved a much larger share of them than he ever had . I attempted in a newspaper to comment on the above passage in the manner of Warburton , who ...
... things of this life better than he did ; and he could not but be con- scious that he deserved a much larger share of them than he ever had . I attempted in a newspaper to comment on the above passage in the manner of Warburton , who ...
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... thing you will meet with in the other world will be an elegant copy of Shak- speare's works presented to you . ' " Dr. Johnson smiled benignantly at this , and did not appear to disapprove of the notion . : We went to St. Clement's ...
... thing you will meet with in the other world will be an elegant copy of Shak- speare's works presented to you . ' " Dr. Johnson smiled benignantly at this , and did not appear to disapprove of the notion . : We went to St. Clement's ...
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... thing . JOHNSON . " Because , Sir , you made me angry about the Americans . " Bos- WELL . " But why did you not take your revenge directly ? " JOHN- SON ( Smiling ) . " Because , Sir , I had nothing ready . A man cannot strike till he ...
... thing . JOHNSON . " Because , Sir , you made me angry about the Americans . " Bos- WELL . " But why did you not take your revenge directly ? " JOHN- SON ( Smiling ) . " Because , Sir , I had nothing ready . A man cannot strike till he ...
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