The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... allowed to suggest , that the nature of the Work in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has ...
... allowed to suggest , that the nature of the Work in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has ...
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... allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up . May there not be the same differ- ence between men who read as their taste prompts and GOES TO OXFORD 29 men who are confined in cells 28 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up . May there not be the same differ- ence between men who read as their taste prompts and GOES TO OXFORD 29 men who are confined in cells 28 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that Johnson , though he thus shewed a manly firmness , proved a most affectionate and indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life : and in ...
... allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that Johnson , though he thus shewed a manly firmness , proved a most affectionate and indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life : and in ...
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... 1 Cumberland says , in his Memoirs ( i . 355 ) , that he had heard Johnson declare that for a considerable time he lived on fourpence halfpenny a day . THE ART OF LIVING IN LONDON 65 allowed ten pounds 64 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... 1 Cumberland says , in his Memoirs ( i . 355 ) , that he had heard Johnson declare that for a considerable time he lived on fourpence halfpenny a day . THE ART OF LIVING IN LONDON 65 allowed ten pounds 64 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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James Boswell. THE ART OF LIVING IN LONDON 65 allowed ten pounds for clothes and linen . He said a man might live in a garret at eighteen - pence a week ; few people would inquire where he lodged ; and if they did , it was easy to say ...
James Boswell. THE ART OF LIVING IN LONDON 65 allowed ten pounds for clothes and linen . He said a man might live in a garret at eighteen - pence a week ; few people would inquire where he lodged ; and if they did , it was easy to say ...
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