The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 179
... mind to write . " I am glad of your hindrance in your Spenserian design , 2 yet I would not have it delayed . Three hours a day stolen from sleep and amusement will produce it . Let a Servitour transcribe the quotations , and interleave ...
... mind to write . " I am glad of your hindrance in your Spenserian design , 2 yet I would not have it delayed . Three hours a day stolen from sleep and amusement will produce it . Let a Servitour transcribe the quotations , and interleave ...
Page 311
... mind , what they eat . For my part , I mind my belly very studiously , and very carefully ; for I look upon it , that he who does not mind his belly , will hardly mind any thing else . " He now appeared to me Jean Bull philosophe , and ...
... mind , what they eat . For my part , I mind my belly very studiously , and very carefully ; for I look upon it , that he who does not mind his belly , will hardly mind any thing else . " He now appeared to me Jean Bull philosophe , and ...
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... minds for the approach of death ? " - Here I am sensible I was in the wrong , to bring before his view what he ever looked upon with horrour ; for although when in a celestial frame of mind in his " Vanity of Human Wishes , " he has ...
... minds for the approach of death ? " - Here I am sensible I was in the wrong , to bring before his view what he ever looked upon with horrour ; for although when in a celestial frame of mind in his " Vanity of Human Wishes , " he has ...
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