The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... hope , that in time there will be good practice . " He owned that he thought Hawkesworth was one of his imitators , but he did not think Goldsmith was . Goldsmith , he said , had great merit . BOSWELL : " But , Sir , he is much indebted ...
... hope , that in time there will be good practice . " He owned that he thought Hawkesworth was one of his imitators , but he did not think Goldsmith was . Goldsmith , he said , had great merit . BOSWELL : " But , Sir , he is much indebted ...
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... hope you shall know a great deal more of me before you write my Life . " He mentioned to me this day many circumstances , which I wrote down when I went home , and have interwoven in the former part of this narrative . On Tuesday ...
... hope you shall know a great deal more of me before you write my Life . " He mentioned to me this day many circumstances , which I wrote down when I went home , and have interwoven in the former part of this narrative . On Tuesday ...
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... hope to conciliate the affections of that party by whose defeat he has obtained his living ? Every man who voted against him will enter the church with hanging head and downcast eyes , afraid to encounter that neighbour by whose vote ...
... hope to conciliate the affections of that party by whose defeat he has obtained his living ? Every man who voted against him will enter the church with hanging head and downcast eyes , afraid to encounter that neighbour by whose vote ...
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... hope he has left me a legacy . I'd have his will turned into verse , like a ballad . ” : In this playful manner did he run on , exulting in his own pleasantry , which certainly was not such as might be expected from the author of the ...
... hope he has left me a legacy . I'd have his will turned into verse , like a ballad . ” : In this playful manner did he run on , exulting in his own pleasantry , which certainly was not such as might be expected from the author of the ...
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... hope will be able to take some delight in the survey of a Caledonian loch . eye " Chambers is going a judge , with six thousand a year , to Bengal . He and I shall come down together as far as Newcastle , and thence I shall easily get ...
... hope will be able to take some delight in the survey of a Caledonian loch . eye " Chambers is going a judge , with six thousand a year , to Bengal . He and I shall come down together as far as Newcastle , and thence I shall easily get ...
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