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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... wish I had continued at col- I shall not die rich . " rich , than to die rich . " 1 Johnson said to me afterwards , " Sir , they respected me for my literature ; and yet it was not great but by comparison . Sir , it is amazing how ...
... wish I had continued at col- I shall not die rich . " rich , than to die rich . " 1 Johnson said to me afterwards , " Sir , they respected me for my literature ; and yet it was not great but by comparison . Sir , it is amazing how ...
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... wish that , Sir ? " EDWARDS . " Because I think I should have had a much easier life than mine has been . I should have been a parson , and had a good living , like Bloxam and several others , and lived comfortably . " JOHNSON . ' Sir ...
... wish that , Sir ? " EDWARDS . " Because I think I should have had a much easier life than mine has been . I should have been a parson , and had a good living , like Bloxam and several others , and lived comfortably . " JOHNSON . ' Sir ...
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... wish to make my relations or friends feel the benefit of it . " This interview confirmed my opinion of Johnson's most humane and benevolent heart . His cordial and placid behaviour to an old fellow collegian , a man so different from ...
... wish to make my relations or friends feel the benefit of it . " This interview confirmed my opinion of Johnson's most humane and benevolent heart . His cordial and placid behaviour to an old fellow collegian , a man so different from ...
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... wish to be better known to you . " Thus began an acquaintance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent , ' he said , “ They should set him in the pillory , that he may ...
... wish to be better known to you . " Thus began an acquaintance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent , ' he said , “ They should set him in the pillory , that he may ...
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... wish to have the arguments for Christianity always in readiness , that my religious faith might be as firm and clear as any proposition whatever ; so that I need not be under the least uneasiness when it should be attacked . JOHNSON ...
... wish to have the arguments for Christianity always in readiness , that my religious faith might be as firm and clear as any proposition whatever ; so that I need not be under the least uneasiness when it should be attacked . JOHNSON ...
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