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I wish , indeed , Dr. Adams , eminent as the head of a col- some few gross expressions had been softlege , as a writer , and as a most amiable ened , and a few of our hero's foibles had man , had known Johnson from his early been a ...
I wish , indeed , Dr. Adams , eminent as the head of a col- some few gross expressions had been softlege , as a writer , and as a most amiable ened , and a few of our hero's foibles had man , had known Johnson from his early been a ...
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No man is so slaved by avarice , ambition , or pleasure , has yet well qualified to leave publick life as he made himself a slave to love , he thus proceeds : who has long tried it and known it well . • If this dire passion never will ...
No man is so slaved by avarice , ambition , or pleasure , has yet well qualified to leave publick life as he made himself a slave to love , he thus proceeds : who has long tried it and known it well . • If this dire passion never will ...
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A man who is not ments which are the fruit of industry , till publickly known may live in London as he they came in contact with a civilized peo pleases , without any notice being taken of ple . “ We have taught you , " said he ...
A man who is not ments which are the fruit of industry , till publickly known may live in London as he they came in contact with a civilized peo pleases , without any notice being taken of ple . “ We have taught you , " said he ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 22 May 2019 |
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