Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... ment , and success , are well known . 66 TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . | TH 12. " SIR , “ IT has been long observed , that men do not suspect faults which they do not com- mit ; your own elegance of ...
... ment , and success , are well known . 66 TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . | TH 12. " SIR , “ IT has been long observed , that men do not suspect faults which they do not com- mit ; your own elegance of ...
Page 79
... ment ; dry , into desiccative ; dryness , into sic- city or aridity ; fit , into paroxysm ; for , the easiest word , whatever it be , can never be translated into one more easy . " those of other individuals ( in which case his ...
... ment ; dry , into desiccative ; dryness , into sic- city or aridity ; fit , into paroxysm ; for , the easiest word , whatever it be , can never be translated into one more easy . " those of other individuals ( in which case his ...
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... ment any merit . " Next to mere idleness ( said he ) I think knotting is to be reckoned in the scale of insignificance ; though I once attempted to learn knotting . Dempster's sister ( looking to me ) endeavoured to teach me it ; but I ...
... ment any merit . " Next to mere idleness ( said he ) I think knotting is to be reckoned in the scale of insignificance ; though I once attempted to learn knotting . Dempster's sister ( looking to me ) endeavoured to teach me it ; but I ...
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