The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 - Authors, English |
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... soon , and to write often , and to write long letters , which I hope in time to repay you ; but you must be a patient creditor . I have , however , this of gratitude , that I think of you with regard , when I do not , perhaps , give the ...
... soon , and to write often , and to write long letters , which I hope in time to repay you ; but you must be a patient creditor . I have , however , this of gratitude , that I think of you with regard , when I do not , perhaps , give the ...
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... soon as possible . I sent him a guinea , and promised to come to him directly . I accordingly went as soon as I was drest , and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent , at which he was in a violent passion . I perceived ...
... soon as possible . I sent him a guinea , and promised to come to him directly . I accordingly went as soon as I was drest , and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent , at which he was in a violent passion . I perceived ...
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... soon as you can . Chambers is now at Oxford . " I again wrote to him , informing him that the Court of Session rose on the twelfth of August , hoping to see him before that time , and expressing , perhaps in too extravagant terms , my ...
... soon as you can . Chambers is now at Oxford . " I again wrote to him , informing him that the Court of Session rose on the twelfth of August , hoping to see him before that time , and expressing , perhaps in too extravagant terms , my ...
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