The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... gives you another claim . But I have a still more powerful inducement to prefix your name to this volume , as it gives me an opportunity of letting the world know that I enjoy the honour and happiness of your friendship ; and of thus ...
... gives you another claim . But I have a still more powerful inducement to prefix your name to this volume , as it gives me an opportunity of letting the world know that I enjoy the honour and happiness of your friendship ; and of thus ...
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... give thee a wind . " - “ Thou art kind . " To attract him , we had invi- tations from the chiefs Macdonald and ... gives , in one of her letters to Dr. Johnson , the rea- sons which induced her to approve this excursion : - " Fatigue is ...
... give thee a wind . " - “ Thou art kind . " To attract him , we had invi- tations from the chiefs Macdonald and ... gives , in one of her letters to Dr. Johnson , the rea- sons which induced her to approve this excursion : - " Fatigue is ...
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... gives an oiliness and a gloss to every other quality . I I am , I flatter myself , completely a citizen of the world . In my travels through Holland , Germany , Switzerland , Italy , Corsica , France , I never felt myself from home ...
... gives an oiliness and a gloss to every other quality . I I am , I flatter myself , completely a citizen of the world . In my travels through Holland , Germany , Switzerland , Italy , Corsica , France , I never felt myself from home ...
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... give up her own bedchamber to him , and take a worse . This I cannot but gratefully mention as one of a thousand obligations which I owe her , since the great obligation of her being pleased to accept of me as her husband . Sunday , Aug ...
... give up her own bedchamber to him , and take a worse . This I cannot but gratefully mention as one of a thousand obligations which I owe her , since the great obligation of her being pleased to accept of me as her husband . Sunday , Aug ...
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... give it honestly . The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge . Consider , Sir , what is the purpose of courts of justice ? It is , that every man may have his cause fairly tried , by men appointed to try causes ...
... give it honestly . The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge . Consider , Sir , what is the purpose of courts of justice ? It is , that every man may have his cause fairly tried , by men appointed to try causes ...
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