The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Bickers and Son, 1874 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... never think I have hit hard , unless it rebounds . " BOSWELL . " I don't know , Sir , what you would be at . Five or six shots of small arms in every newspaper , and repeated cannonading in pamphlets 2 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... never think I have hit hard , unless it rebounds . " BOSWELL . " I don't know , Sir , what you would be at . Five or six shots of small arms in every newspaper , and repeated cannonading in pamphlets 2 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... never opened his mouth . For my own part , I think it is more disgraceful never to try to speak , than to try it and fail ; as it is more disgraceful not to fight , than to fight and be beaten . " This argument appeared to me fallacious ...
... never opened his mouth . For my own part , I think it is more disgraceful never to try to speak , than to try it and fail ; as it is more disgraceful not to fight , than to fight and be beaten . " This argument appeared to me fallacious ...
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... never took a lesson , but one or two . My blind eyes showed me I never could make a proficiency . ' Boswell led him to give his opinion of Gray : he said there were but two good stanzas in all his works . Boswell , desirous of eliciting ...
... never took a lesson , but one or two . My blind eyes showed me I never could make a proficiency . ' Boswell led him to give his opinion of Gray : he said there were but two good stanzas in all his works . Boswell , desirous of eliciting ...
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... Never fear , Sir . Our commerce is in a very good state ; and suppose we had no commerce at all , we could live very well on the produce of our own country . " I cannot omit to VOL . II . 2 mention , that I never knew any man who was ...
... Never fear , Sir . Our commerce is in a very good state ; and suppose we had no commerce at all , we could live very well on the produce of our own country . " I cannot omit to VOL . II . 2 mention , that I never knew any man who was ...
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... never to whining or complaint . We went again to St. Clement's in the afternoon . He had found fault with the preacher in the morning for not choosing a text adapted to the day . The preacher in the afternoon had chosen one extremely ...
... never to whining or complaint . We went again to St. Clement's in the afternoon . He had found fault with the preacher in the morning for not choosing a text adapted to the day . The preacher in the afternoon had chosen one extremely ...
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