Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy appre- hension that my wife and children , who were at a great dis- tance from me , might , perhaps , be ill . " Sir , ( said he , ) consider how foolish you would ...
... expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy appre- hension that my wife and children , who were at a great dis- tance from me , might , perhaps , be ill . " Sir , ( said he , ) consider how foolish you would ...
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... expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . " This shewed both that a ...
... expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . " This shewed both that a ...
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... expressed a wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I 66 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession ...
... expressed a wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I 66 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession ...
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... expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition under the title of " Select Works of Abraham Cowley . " Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent ; observing , that any authour might be used in the same ...
... expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition under the title of " Select Works of Abraham Cowley . " Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent ; observing , that any authour might be used in the same ...
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... expressed the highest admiration , Well , Sir , ( said I , ) I have omitted every other line . " 66 I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's , in 1762. Goldsmith ...
... expressed the highest admiration , Well , Sir , ( said I , ) I have omitted every other line . " 66 I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's , in 1762. Goldsmith ...
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