The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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Page 191
... remember , that you are to subscribe a sheet a year : let us try , likewise , if we cannot persuade your brother to subscribe another . My book is now coming in luminis oras . What will be its fate I know not , nor think much , because ...
... remember , that you are to subscribe a sheet a year : let us try , likewise , if we cannot persuade your brother to subscribe another . My book is now coming in luminis oras . What will be its fate I know not , nor think much , because ...
Page 316
... remember that he has had a great deal in my own time . " The son , though in affluent circumstances , had good sense enough to carry on his father's trade , which was of such extent , that I remember he once told me he would not quit it ...
... remember that he has had a great deal in my own time . " The son , though in affluent circumstances , had good sense enough to carry on his father's trade , which was of such extent , that I remember he once told me he would not quit it ...
Page 319
... remember one even- ing , when some of his works were mentioned , Dr. Goldsmith said , he had never heard of them ; upon which Dr. Johnson observed , Sir , he is one of the many who have made themselves public , without making themselves ...
... remember one even- ing , when some of his works were mentioned , Dr. Goldsmith said , he had never heard of them ; upon which Dr. Johnson observed , Sir , he is one of the many who have made themselves public , without making themselves ...
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