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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... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 5 . TO MR . CAVE . " Monday , No. 6 , Castle Street . [ March , 1788. ] SIR , -I am to return you thanks for the present ' you were so kind as to send by me , and to entreat that you will be pleased ...
... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 5 . TO MR . CAVE . " Monday , No. 6 , Castle Street . [ March , 1788. ] SIR , -I am to return you thanks for the present ' you were so kind as to send by me , and to entreat that you will be pleased ...
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... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 74 . TO MRS . MONTAGU . " Gray's Inn , Dec. 17 , 1759 . “ MADAM , —Goodness so conspicuous as yours will be often solicited , and perhaps sometimes solicited by those who have little pretension to ...
... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER 74 . TO MRS . MONTAGU . " Gray's Inn , Dec. 17 , 1759 . “ MADAM , —Goodness so conspicuous as yours will be often solicited , and perhaps sometimes solicited by those who have little pretension to ...
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... servant to say he was not at home when he really was . " A servant's strict regard for truth , " said he , " must be weakened by such a practice . A philosopher may know that it is merely a form of denial ; but few servants are such ...
... servant to say he was not at home when he really was . " A servant's strict regard for truth , " said he , " must be weakened by such a practice . A philosopher may know that it is merely a form of denial ; but few servants are such ...
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