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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... never exceeded the sum allowed her . JOHNSON . ' Sir , it is fit she should keep an account , because her husband wishes it ; but I do not see its use . " I maintained that keeping an account has this advantage , that it satisfies a man ...
... never exceeded the sum allowed her . JOHNSON . ' Sir , it is fit she should keep an account , because her husband wishes it ; but I do not see its use . " I maintained that keeping an account has this advantage , that it satisfies a man ...
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... never heard any thing from him in company that was at all striking ; and depend upon it , Sir , it is when you come close to a man in conversation , that you discover what his real abilities are ; to make a speech in a public assembly ...
... never heard any thing from him in company that was at all striking ; and depend upon it , Sir , it is when you come close to a man in conversation , that you discover what his real abilities are ; to make a speech in a public assembly ...
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... never seen Brentford . ' " 6 Though his usual phrase for conversation was talk , yet he made a distinction ; for when he once told me that he dined the day before at a friend's house , with ' a very pretty company ; ' and I asked him if ...
... never seen Brentford . ' " 6 Though his usual phrase for conversation was talk , yet he made a distinction ; for when he once told me that he dined the day before at a friend's house , with ' a very pretty company ; ' and I asked him if ...
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... never have borne Virgil's descrip- tion of Æneas's treatment of Dido , if she had not been a Carthaginian . ' " I gratefully acknowledge this and other communications from Mr. Cambridge , whom , if a beautiful villa on the banks of the ...
... never have borne Virgil's descrip- tion of Æneas's treatment of Dido , if she had not been a Carthaginian . ' " I gratefully acknowledge this and other communications from Mr. Cambridge , whom , if a beautiful villa on the banks of the ...
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... Never be afraid to think yourself fit for any thing for which your friends think you fit . . You will become an able negotiator , a very young rascal . No one in Ire- land wears even the mask of incorruption . No one professes to do for ...
... Never be afraid to think yourself fit for any thing for which your friends think you fit . . You will become an able negotiator , a very young rascal . No one in Ire- land wears even the mask of incorruption . No one professes to do for ...
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