The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... live together who have something as to which they disagree , and which they want to shun , they will be in the situation mentioned in the story of Bluebeard : You may look into all the chambers but one . ' But we should have the ...
... live together who have something as to which they disagree , and which they want to shun , they will be in the situation mentioned in the story of Bluebeard : You may look into all the chambers but one . ' But we should have the ...
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... live by his labours ; but he should write so as he may live by them , not so as he 66 " " may be knocked on the head . I. 114 [ 1773 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... live by his labours ; but he should write so as he may live by them , not so as he 66 " " may be knocked on the head . I. 114 [ 1773 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... Lives . By way of adapting the book to the taste of the present age , they have , in a late edition , left out a ... live with a man , can write his life with any genuine exactness and discrimination ; and few people who have lived ...
... Lives . By way of adapting the book to the taste of the present age , they have , in a late edition , left out a ... live with a man , can write his life with any genuine exactness and discrimination ; and few people who have lived ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
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