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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... wish that your affections may be gained . I would have you happy wherever you are : yet I would have you wish to return to England . If ever you visit us again , you will find the kindness of your friends undiminished . To tell you how ...
... wish that your affections may be gained . I would have you happy wherever you are : yet I would have you wish to return to England . If ever you visit us again , you will find the kindness of your friends undiminished . To tell you how ...
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... wish him to desist . No , Sir , I wish him to drive on . " Mr. Alexander Donaldson , bookseller of Edinburgh , had for some time opened a shop in London , and sold his cheap editions of the most popular English books , in defiance of ...
... wish him to desist . No , Sir , I wish him to drive on . " Mr. Alexander Donaldson , bookseller of Edinburgh , had for some time opened a shop in London , and sold his cheap editions of the most popular English books , in defiance of ...
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... wish to please the chief magistrate ? " GOLDSMITH . " do wish to please him . I remember a line in Dryden , ' And ev'ry poet is the Monarch's friend . ' It ought to be reversed . " JOHNSON . " Nay , there are finer lines in Dryden on ...
... wish to please the chief magistrate ? " GOLDSMITH . " do wish to please him . I remember a line in Dryden , ' And ev'ry poet is the Monarch's friend . ' It ought to be reversed . " JOHNSON . " Nay , there are finer lines in Dryden on ...
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