The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... less positive words would be more proper . Talking of a man who was grown very fat , so as to be incom- " Cor . et Ad . - Line I : On " house " put the following note : - " I think it necessary to caution my readers against concluding ...
... less positive words would be more proper . Talking of a man who was grown very fat , so as to be incom- " Cor . et Ad . - Line I : On " house " put the following note : - " I think it necessary to caution my readers against concluding ...
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... less there will be for himself , so he restrains them ; and though he himself plunders , the country is a gainer , compared with being plundered by numbers . " I mentioned the very liberal payment which had been received for reviewing ...
... less there will be for himself , so he restrains them ; and though he himself plunders , the country is a gainer , compared with being plundered by numbers . " I mentioned the very liberal payment which had been received for reviewing ...
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... less , nor eat an ounce less meat . I would have knocked the factious dogs on the head , to be sure ; but I was not vexed . " BOSWELL . " I declare , Sir , upon my honour , I did imagine I was vexed , and took a pride in it . But it was ...
... less , nor eat an ounce less meat . I would have knocked the factious dogs on the head , to be sure ; but I was not vexed . " BOSWELL . " I declare , Sir , upon my honour , I did imagine I was vexed , and took a pride in it . But it was ...
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... less horrour than seems now to attend it.1 " In order to rouze the vocal organs , I took two drachms . Wine has been celebrated for the production of eloquence . I put myself into violent motion , and I think repeated it ; but all was ...
... less horrour than seems now to attend it.1 " In order to rouze the vocal organs , I took two drachms . Wine has been celebrated for the production of eloquence . I put myself into violent motion , and I think repeated it ; but all was ...
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... less of them , and am ready now to call a man a good man , upon easier terms than I was formerly . ' ' " I came You and On his return from Heale he wrote to Dr. Burney . home on the 18th at noon to a very disconsolate house . I have ...
... less of them , and am ready now to call a man a good man , upon easier terms than I was formerly . ' ' " I came You and On his return from Heale he wrote to Dr. Burney . home on the 18th at noon to a very disconsolate house . I have ...
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