The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... live with my mother about 1724 , and has been but little parted from us since . She buried my father , my brother , and my mother . She is now fifty - eight years old . 66 " I desired all to withdraw , then told her that we were to part ...
... live with my mother about 1724 , and has been but little parted from us since . She buried my father , my brother , and my mother . She is now fifty - eight years old . 66 " I desired all to withdraw , then told her that we were to part ...
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... live , Corsica , and the cause of the brave islanders , shall ever employ much of my attention , shall ever interest me in the sincerest * I am , & c . , " JAMES BOSWELL . " manner . * Upon his arrival in London in May , he surprised me ...
... live , Corsica , and the cause of the brave islanders , shall ever employ much of my attention , shall ever interest me in the sincerest * I am , & c . , " JAMES BOSWELL . " manner . * Upon his arrival in London in May , he surprised me ...
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... live [ but ] two days- the sooner the better . I am , though unknown to you , your respectful humble servant , MESSENGER MOUNSEY . " His body was accordingly dissected by Mr. Foster , and preparations were deposited in the Museum of St ...
... live [ but ] two days- the sooner the better . I am , though unknown to you , your respectful humble servant , MESSENGER MOUNSEY . " His body was accordingly dissected by Mr. Foster , and preparations were deposited in the Museum of St ...
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... live from one another . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; but that is occasioned by the largeness of it , which is the cause of all the other advantages . " BOSWELL . " Sometimes I have been in the humour of wishing to retire to a desert ...
... live from one another . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; but that is occasioned by the largeness of it , which is the cause of all the other advantages . " BOSWELL . " Sometimes I have been in the humour of wishing to retire to a desert ...
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... lives . The act of dying is not of importance , it lasts so short a time . " He added ( with an earnest look ) , " A man knows it must be so , and submits . It will do him no good to whine . " I attempted to continue the conversation ...
... lives . The act of dying is not of importance , it lasts so short a time . " He added ( with an earnest look ) , " A man knows it must be so , and submits . It will do him no good to whine . " I attempted to continue the conversation ...
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