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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... wishes it ; but I do not see its use . " I maintained that keeping an account has this advantage , that it satisfies a man that his money has not been lost or stolen , which he might sometimes be apt to imagine , were there no written ...
... wishes it ; but I do not see its use . " I maintained that keeping an account has this advantage , that it satisfies a man that his money has not been lost or stolen , which he might sometimes be apt to imagine , were there no written ...
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... wish he would publish another volume of the " Nugĉ antiquĉ ; " it is a very pretty book . ' Mr. Seward seconded this wish , and recom- mended to Dr. Harrington to dedicate it t Johnson , and take for his motto , what Catallus says to ...
... wish he would publish another volume of the " Nugĉ antiquĉ ; " it is a very pretty book . ' Mr. Seward seconded this wish , and recom- mended to Dr. Harrington to dedicate it t Johnson , and take for his motto , what Catallus says to ...
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... wish to go and see some country totally different from what I have been used to ; such as Turkey , where religion and every thing else are different . " JOHNSON . “ Yes , argued that this was an improvement .- ' No , Sir , ( said he ...
... wish to go and see some country totally different from what I have been used to ; such as Turkey , where religion and every thing else are different . " JOHNSON . “ Yes , argued that this was an improvement .- ' No , Sir , ( said he ...
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... wish that they who really have blood , would be more careful to trace and ascertain its course . Some have affected to laugh at the history of the house of Yvery : it would be well if many others would transmit their pedigrees to ...
... wish that they who really have blood , would be more careful to trace and ascertain its course . Some have affected to laugh at the history of the house of Yvery : it would be well if many others would transmit their pedigrees to ...
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... wish to have a good walled garden . " JOHNSON . " I don't think it would be worth the expence to you . We compute in England , a park - wall at a thousand pounds a mile ; now a garden wall must cost at least as much . You intend your ...
... wish to have a good walled garden . " JOHNSON . " I don't think it would be worth the expence to you . We compute in England , a park - wall at a thousand pounds a mile ; now a garden wall must cost at least as much . You intend your ...
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