The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... write soon , and to write often , and to write long letters , which I hope in time to repay you ; but you must be a patient creditor . I have , however , this of gratitude , that I think of you with regard , when I do not , perhaps ...
... write soon , and to write often , and to write long letters , which I hope in time to repay you ; but you must be a patient creditor . I have , however , this of gratitude , that I think of you with regard , when I do not , perhaps ...
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... write ; for who would write to men who publish the letters of their friends , without their leave ? Yet I write to you in spite of my caution , to tell you that I shall be glad to see you , and that I wish you would empty your head ...
... write ; for who would write to men who publish the letters of their friends , without their leave ? Yet I write to you in spite of my caution , to tell you that I shall be glad to see you , and that I wish you would empty your head ...
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... write , and those who know how to write very seldom ramble . If Sidney had gone , as he desired , the great voyage with Drake , there would probably have been such a narrative as would have equally sat- isfied the poet and the ...
... write , and those who know how to write very seldom ramble . If Sidney had gone , as he desired , the great voyage with Drake , there would probably have been such a narrative as would have equally sat- isfied the poet and the ...
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