The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... DEAR SIR , I received your letter this day , with great sense of the favour that has been done me ; for which I return my most sincere thanks : and entreat you to pay to Mr. Wise such returns as I ought to make for so much kindness so ...
... DEAR SIR , I received your letter this day , with great sense of the favour that has been done me ; for which I return my most sincere thanks : and entreat you to pay to Mr. Wise such returns as I ought to make for so much kindness so ...
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... dear , dear mother , your dutiful son , LETTER 64 . TO MRS . JOHNSON , In Lichfield . SAM . JOHNSON . " " Jan. 18 , 1759 . " DEAR HONOURED MOTHER , -I fear you are too ill for long letters ; there fore I will only tell you , you have ...
... dear , dear mother , your dutiful son , LETTER 64 . TO MRS . JOHNSON , In Lichfield . SAM . JOHNSON . " " Jan. 18 , 1759 . " DEAR HONOURED MOTHER , -I fear you are too ill for long letters ; there fore I will only tell you , you have ...
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... dear madam , " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 70 . TO MRS . LUCY PORTER . " March 1 , 1759 . I " DEAR MADAM , -I thought your last letter long in coming , and did not require or expect such an inventory of little things as you have sent me ...
... dear madam , " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 70 . TO MRS . LUCY PORTER . " March 1 , 1759 . I " DEAR MADAM , -I thought your last letter long in coming , and did not require or expect such an inventory of little things as you have sent me ...
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