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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... occasion said to me , " Sir , a man may be so much of everything , that he is nothing of any thing . " Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a ...
... occasion said to me , " Sir , a man may be so much of everything , that he is nothing of any thing . " Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a ...
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... occasion for them , and would even rather repeat the same words , in order to avoid them . Nothing is more common than to mistake surnames , when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To pre- vent this , he used not only ...
... occasion for them , and would even rather repeat the same words , in order to avoid them . Nothing is more common than to mistake surnames , when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To pre- vent this , he used not only ...
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... occasions , calling them , ' pretty dears , ' and giving them sweat meats , was an undoubted proof of the real humanity and gentleness of his disposition . " His uncommon kindness to his servants , and serious concern , not only for ...
... occasions , calling them , ' pretty dears , ' and giving them sweat meats , was an undoubted proof of the real humanity and gentleness of his disposition . " His uncommon kindness to his servants , and serious concern , not only for ...
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... with the same accuracy and generous zeal , with which the Noble Lord who compiled that work has honoured and perpetuated his ancestry . " it is supposed a person in that situation has occasion THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . II.
... with the same accuracy and generous zeal , with which the Noble Lord who compiled that work has honoured and perpetuated his ancestry . " it is supposed a person in that situation has occasion THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . II.
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... occasion to employ . " Don't be afraid , Sir , ( said Johnson , with a pleasant smile , ) you will soon make a very pretty rascal . ” 1 He talked to - day a good deal of the wonderful extent and variety of London , and observed , that ...
... occasion to employ . " Don't be afraid , Sir , ( said Johnson , with a pleasant smile , ) you will soon make a very pretty rascal . ” 1 He talked to - day a good deal of the wonderful extent and variety of London , and observed , that ...
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