The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... pleased with his society , and was just come from the continent , where he was very generally admired . Nor can I yet allow that he deserves the very severe censure which Johnson pro- nounced upon him . His absurd preference of savage ...
... pleased with his society , and was just come from the continent , where he was very generally admired . Nor can I yet allow that he deserves the very severe censure which Johnson pro- nounced upon him . His absurd preference of savage ...
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... pleased us ; whether it be that we are fatigued , and don't choose to carry so many things any farther , or that we find other things which we like better . " BOSWELL . " But , sir , why don't you give us something in some other way ...
... pleased us ; whether it be that we are fatigued , and don't choose to carry so many things any farther , or that we find other things which we like better . " BOSWELL . " But , sir , why don't you give us something in some other way ...
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... pleased to communicate to me . : " The circumstances of Mr. Peregrine Langton were these . He had an annuity for life of two hundred pounds per annum . He resided in a village in Lincolnshire the rent of his house , with two or three ...
... pleased to communicate to me . : " The circumstances of Mr. Peregrine Langton were these . He had an annuity for life of two hundred pounds per annum . He resided in a village in Lincolnshire the rent of his house , with two or three ...
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... pleased . " His example was confined by the sequestered place of his abode , to the observation of few , though his prudence and virtue would have made it valuable to all who could have known it . - These few particulars , which I knew ...
... pleased . " His example was confined by the sequestered place of his abode , to the observation of few , though his prudence and virtue would have made it valuable to all who could have known it . - These few particulars , which I knew ...
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... pleased to make my compliments to Mrs. Langton , and to dear Miss Langton , and Miss Di , and Miss Juliet , and to every body else . " THE CLUB holds very well together . Monday is my night . I continue to rise tolerably well , and read ...
... pleased to make my compliments to Mrs. Langton , and to dear Miss Langton , and Miss Di , and Miss Juliet , and to every body else . " THE CLUB holds very well together . Monday is my night . I continue to rise tolerably well , and read ...
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