The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... give me English tackle ; but had I been an Indian I must have starved , or they would have knocked me on the head when they saw I could do nothing . " BOSWELL . " Perhaps they Cor . et Ad . - Line 27 : For " births are " read " the ...
... give me English tackle ; but had I been an Indian I must have starved , or they would have knocked me on the head when they saw I could do nothing . " BOSWELL . " Perhaps they Cor . et Ad . - Line 27 : For " births are " read " the ...
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... give me so much pleasure , except the fourth book . The Eclogues I have almost all by heart . I do not think the story of the Eneid interesting . I like the story of the Odyssey much better ; and this not on account of the wonderful ...
... give me so much pleasure , except the fourth book . The Eclogues I have almost all by heart . I do not think the story of the Eneid interesting . I like the story of the Odyssey much better ; and this not on account of the wonderful ...
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... give the tree a jerk upon a death - bed , to make it lye favourably , is not well founded . " 9 I asked him what works of Richard Baxter's I should read . He said , " Read any of them ; they are all good . " He said , " Get as much ...
... give the tree a jerk upon a death - bed , to make it lye favourably , is not well founded . " 9 I asked him what works of Richard Baxter's I should read . He said , " Read any of them ; they are all good . " He said , " Get as much ...
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... gives me great pleasure to preserve such a memorial of John- son's regard for Mr. Davies , to whom I was indebted for my intro- duction to him . He indeed loved Davies cordially , of which I shall give the following little evidence ...
... gives me great pleasure to preserve such a memorial of John- son's regard for Mr. Davies , to whom I was indebted for my intro- duction to him . He indeed loved Davies cordially , of which I shall give the following little evidence ...
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... give an account of the day which seemed to appear in some sort perilous . I rose at five , and went out at six , and having reached Salisbury about nine , went forward a few miles in my friend's chariot . I was no more wearied with the ...
... give an account of the day which seemed to appear in some sort perilous . I rose at five , and went out at six , and having reached Salisbury about nine , went forward a few miles in my friend's chariot . I was no more wearied with the ...
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