The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... reason assigned was , that he had company with him ; and that at last , when the door opened , out walked Colley Cibber ; and that Johnson was so violently provoked when he found for whom he had been so long excluded , that he went away ...
... reason assigned was , that he had company with him ; and that at last , when the door opened , out walked Colley Cibber ; and that Johnson was so violently provoked when he found for whom he had been so long excluded , that he went away ...
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... reason , but by desire ; expectation raised , not by the common occurrences of life , but by the wants of the expectant ; an expectation that requires the common course of things to be changed , and the general rules of action to be ...
... reason , but by desire ; expectation raised , not by the common occurrences of life , but by the wants of the expectant ; an expectation that requires the common course of things to be changed , and the general rules of action to be ...
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... reason why I did not answer your letters was that I can please myself with no answer . I was loth that Kitty should leave the house till I had seen it once more , and yet for some reasons cannot well come during the session of ...
... reason why I did not answer your letters was that I can please myself with no answer . I was loth that Kitty should leave the house till I had seen it once more , and yet for some reasons cannot well come during the session of ...
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