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... obliged to be totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has his mind at work but for a small proportion of his time : a great deal of his occupation is merely mechanical . - I once wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation , that if ...
... obliged to be totally a Judge . The best employed lawyer has his mind at work but for a small proportion of his time : a great deal of his occupation is merely mechanical . - I once wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation , that if ...
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... my divine , that I yester- day received the holy sacrament in St. Paul's church , and was exalted in piety . " -Boswell's Letters , 186 . the Richmond early in the day , was obliged to go 20 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... my divine , that I yester- day received the holy sacrament in St. Paul's church , and was exalted in piety . " -Boswell's Letters , 186 . the Richmond early in the day , was obliged to go 20 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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Boswell Fitzgerald. Richmond early in the day , was obliged to go by himself on horse- back , leaving his coach to Johnson and me . Johnson was in such good spirits , that every thing seemed to please him as we drove along . Our ...
Boswell Fitzgerald. Richmond early in the day , was obliged to go by himself on horse- back , leaving his coach to Johnson and me . Johnson was in such good spirits , that every thing seemed to please him as we drove along . Our ...
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... . " He had left his rooms in Gerrard - street , Soho , to oblige his landlord , who had found a lodger that would remain longer . - Letters to Temple . that appeared to me to be doing work as much THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 29.
... . " He had left his rooms in Gerrard - street , Soho , to oblige his landlord , who had found a lodger that would remain longer . - Letters to Temple . that appeared to me to be doing work as much THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 29.
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... obliged and most humble servant , " May 27 , 1775. " " SAM . JOHNSON . After my return to Scotland , I wrote three letters to him , from which I extract the following passages : " I have seen Lord Hailes since I came down . He thinks it ...
... obliged and most humble servant , " May 27 , 1775. " " SAM . JOHNSON . After my return to Scotland , I wrote three letters to him , from which I extract the following passages : " I have seen Lord Hailes since I came down . He thinks it ...
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