The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 281
... kind letter of enquiry , for which I most gratefully thank you . I am doubtful if it was right to make the experiment ; though I have gained by it . I was beginning to grow tender , and to upbraid myself , especially after having dreamt ...
... kind letter of enquiry , for which I most gratefully thank you . I am doubtful if it was right to make the experiment ; though I have gained by it . I was beginning to grow tender , and to upbraid myself , especially after having dreamt ...
Page 425
... kind , though not of a fond father . Kindness , at least actual , is in our power , but fondness is not ; and if by negligence or imprud- ence you had extinguished his fondness , he could not at will rekindle it . Nothing then remained ...
... kind , though not of a fond father . Kindness , at least actual , is in our power , but fondness is not ; and if by negligence or imprud- ence you had extinguished his fondness , he could not at will rekindle it . Nothing then remained ...
Page 496
... kind as to get them for me , and send me them with the best printed edition of ' Baxter's Call to the Unconverted . ' " I am , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . ” " Jan. 6 , 1784. " " To MR . PERKINS . 66 DEAR SIR , " I was very sorry not to see ...
... kind as to get them for me , and send me them with the best printed edition of ' Baxter's Call to the Unconverted . ' " I am , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . ” " Jan. 6 , 1784. " " To MR . PERKINS . 66 DEAR SIR , " I was very sorry not to see ...
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