The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons, 1934 |
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Page 197
... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to continue so , whether he chooses it or ...
... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to continue so , whether he chooses it or ...
Page 237
... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money - scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
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... once tried knotting . Dempster's sister undertook to teach me ; but I could not learn it . " BoswELL . " So , Sir ; it will be related in pompous narrative , Once for his amuse- ment he tried knotting ; nor did this Hercules disdain the ...
... once tried knotting . Dempster's sister undertook to teach me ; but I could not learn it . " BoswELL . " So , Sir ; it will be related in pompous narrative , Once for his amuse- ment he tried knotting ; nor did this Hercules disdain the ...
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