The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... perhaps , ought to make me 1 The original is in my possession . He showed me the diploma , and allowed me to read it , but would not consent to my taking a copy of it , fearing perhaps that I should blaze it ahread In his lifetime His ...
... perhaps , ought to make me 1 The original is in my possession . He showed me the diploma , and allowed me to read it , but would not consent to my taking a copy of it , fearing perhaps that I should blaze it ahread In his lifetime His ...
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... perhaps , glad to come home ; which is in other words , I was , I am afraid , weary of being at home , and weary of being abroad . Is not this the state of life ? But , if we confess this weariness , let us not lament it ; for all the ...
... perhaps , glad to come home ; which is in other words , I was , I am afraid , weary of being at home , and weary of being abroad . Is not this the state of life ? But , if we confess this weariness , let us not lament it ; for all the ...
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... perhaps I may obtain some instruction : my plan does not exact much ; but I wish to distinguish Watts , a man who never wrote but for a good purpose . Be pleased to do for me what you can . I am , Sir , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER ...
... perhaps I may obtain some instruction : my plan does not exact much ; but I wish to distinguish Watts , a man who never wrote but for a good purpose . Be pleased to do for me what you can . I am , Sir , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " LETTER ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 11 |
Letters to Boswell c Religious Festivals and PilgrimagesDeath of GoldsmithGreek | 40 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
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