The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Bickers and Son, 1874 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... wish I had thought of giving this to Thurlow , in the cause about Literary Property . What an excellent instance would it have been of the oppression of booksellers towards poor au- thours ! " ( smiling ) . Davies , zealous for the ...
... wish I had thought of giving this to Thurlow , in the cause about Literary Property . What an excellent instance would it have been of the oppression of booksellers towards poor au- thours ! " ( smiling ) . Davies , zealous for the ...
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... wish could attain it , he would rather wish to be able to hem a ruffle . " He again advised me to keep a journal fully and minutely , but not to mention such trifles as , that meat was too much or too little done , or that the weather ...
... wish could attain it , he would rather wish to be able to hem a ruffle . " He again advised me to keep a journal fully and minutely , but not to mention such trifles as , that meat was too much or too little done , or that the weather ...
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... the heart . " Sacharissa's beauty's wine , Which to madness does incline ; Such a liquor as no brain That is mortal can sustain . " you have borrowed from Waller . I wish you would 2-2 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 19 66 ...
... the heart . " Sacharissa's beauty's wine , Which to madness does incline ; Such a liquor as no brain That is mortal can sustain . " you have borrowed from Waller . I wish you would 2-2 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 19 66 ...
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James Boswell Percy Fitzgerald. you have borrowed from Waller . I wish you would enable yourself to borrow more . " He then took occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading , and combated the idle superficial notion , that knowledge ...
James Boswell Percy Fitzgerald. you have borrowed from Waller . I wish you would enable yourself to borrow more . " He then took occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading , and combated the idle superficial notion , that knowledge ...
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... wishes to know , his own character in the world , or , rather , as a convincing proof that Johnson's roughness was ... wish the writers of them had been present : they would have been sufficiently vexed . One ludicrous imitation of his ...
... wishes to know , his own character in the world , or , rather , as a convincing proof that Johnson's roughness was ... wish the writers of them had been present : they would have been sufficiently vexed . One ludicrous imitation of his ...
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