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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... write soon , and to write often , and to write long letters , which I hope in time to repay you ; but you must be a patient creditor . I have , however , this of gratitude , that 1 think of you with regard , when I do not , perhaps ...
... write soon , and to write often , and to write long letters , which I hope in time to repay you ; but you must be a patient creditor . I have , however , this of gratitude , that 1 think of you with regard , when I do not , perhaps ...
Page 249
... writing is very troublesome to him . That man is no common loss . The moralists all talk of the uncertainty of fortune ... write in it , with intermissions , till the fifteenth number ; and I think that he never gave better proofs of 11 ...
... writing is very troublesome to him . That man is no common loss . The moralists all talk of the uncertainty of fortune ... write in it , with intermissions , till the fifteenth number ; and I think that he never gave better proofs of 11 ...
Page 284
... writing . I sent , last week , some of my works , one for you , one for your aunt Hunter , who was with my poor dear mother when she died , one for Mr. Howard , and one for Kitty . " I beg you my dear , to write often to me , and tell ...
... writing . I sent , last week , some of my works , one for you , one for your aunt Hunter , who was with my poor dear mother when she died , one for Mr. Howard , and one for Kitty . " I beg you my dear , to write often to me , and tell ...
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