The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspond- ent . Be assured , for the present , that nothing has les- sened either the esteem or love with which I dismissed you at Harwich . Both have been ...
... reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspond- ent . Be assured , for the present , that nothing has les- sened either the esteem or love with which I dismissed you at Harwich . Both have been ...
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... reason for hasten- ing your return . The longer we live , and the more we think , the higher value we learn to put on the friendship and tenderness of parents and of friends . Parents we can have but once ; and he promises himself too ...
... reason for hasten- ing your return . The longer we live , and the more we think , the higher value we learn to put on the friendship and tenderness of parents and of friends . Parents we can have but once ; and he promises himself too ...
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... reason . I have seldom indulged more hope of any thing than of being able to im- prove our acquaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the plea- sure with which I should walk to Partney ...
... reason . I have seldom indulged more hope of any thing than of being able to im- prove our acquaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the plea- sure with which I should walk to Partney ...
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... reason to think he lost by them ; however , they furnished him with no farther assistance towards his housekeeping , than grass for his horses , ( not hay , for that I know he bought , ) and for two cows . Every Monday morning he ...
... reason to think he lost by them ; however , they furnished him with no farther assistance towards his housekeeping , than grass for his horses , ( not hay , for that I know he bought , ) and for two cows . Every Monday morning he ...
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... reasons , requires faculties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us . 66 If therefore the profession you have chosen has some unexpected inconveniencies , console yourself by reflecting that no profession is without them ; and ...
... reasons , requires faculties which it has not pleased our Creator to give us . 66 If therefore the profession you have chosen has some unexpected inconveniencies , console yourself by reflecting that no profession is without them ; and ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LLD: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ... James Boswell No preview available - 2015 |
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