The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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James Boswell. DEGENERATION AND LUXURY 7 said : " I should take pleasure in helping you to do honour to him . But his farewell letter to the Faculty of Advocates , when he resigned the office of their Librarian , should have been in ...
James Boswell. DEGENERATION AND LUXURY 7 said : " I should take pleasure in helping you to do honour to him . But his farewell letter to the Faculty of Advocates , when he resigned the office of their Librarian , should have been in ...
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... pleasure : — eating fine fruits , drinking delicious wines , reading exquisite poetry . " 66 The General observed , that Martinelli was a Whig . JOHNSON : " I am sorry for it . It shews the spirit of the times he is obliged to temporize ...
... pleasure : — eating fine fruits , drinking delicious wines , reading exquisite poetry . " 66 The General observed , that Martinelli was a Whig . JOHNSON : " I am sorry for it . It shews the spirit of the times he is obliged to temporize ...
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... pleasure from our intended tour . " DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " I SHALL set out from London on Friday the sixth of this month , and purpose not to loiter much by the way . Which day I shall be at Edinburgh , I cannot exactly ...
... pleasure from our intended tour . " DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " I SHALL set out from London on Friday the sixth of this month , and purpose not to loiter much by the way . Which day I shall be at Edinburgh , I cannot exactly ...
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... pleasure of accompanying him during the whole of his journey . He was respectfully entertained by the great , the learned , and the elegant , wherever he went ; nor was he less delighted with the hospitality 11 . E VISIT TO SCOTLAND ...
... pleasure of accompanying him during the whole of his journey . He was respectfully entertained by the great , the learned , and the elegant , wherever he went ; nor was he less delighted with the hospitality 11 . E VISIT TO SCOTLAND ...
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... pleasure of a more frequent correspondence with him . " DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " My operations have been hindered by a cough ; at least I flatter myself , that if my cough had not come , I should have been farther ...
... pleasure of a more frequent correspondence with him . " DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " My operations have been hindered by a cough ; at least I flatter myself , that if my cough had not come , I should have been farther ...
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