The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... wonder , Sir , you have not more pleasure in writing than in not writing . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you may wonder . " " A He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When ...
... wonder , Sir , you have not more pleasure in writing than in not writing . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you may wonder . " " A He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When ...
Page 320
... wonder ; but hoped that it would be renewed at your recovery . " Since you will not inform us where you are , or how you live , I know not whether you desire to know any thing of us . However , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ...
... wonder ; but hoped that it would be renewed at your recovery . " Since you will not inform us where you are , or how you live , I know not whether you desire to know any thing of us . However , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ...
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... wonder they should call your Lordship Malagrida , for Malagrida was a very good man ; ' - meant , I wonder they should use Mala- grida as a term of reproach . ' Soon after this time I had an opportunity of seeing , by means of one of ...
... wonder they should call your Lordship Malagrida , for Malagrida was a very good man ; ' - meant , I wonder they should use Mala- grida as a term of reproach . ' Soon after this time I had an opportunity of seeing , by means of one of ...
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