The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... acquaintance ; and informed him in another that my wife had again been affected with alarming symptoms of illness . [ But his letters to ED . other correspondents , and particularly to Mrs. Thrale , carry on the story of his life ...
... acquaintance ; and informed him in another that my wife had again been affected with alarming symptoms of illness . [ But his letters to ED . other correspondents , and particularly to Mrs. Thrale , carry on the story of his life ...
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... acquaintance , died a few weeks ago , suddenly in his bed ; there passed not , I believe , a minute between health and death . At night , at Mrs. Thrale's , as I was musing1 in my chamber , I thought with uncommon earnestness , that ...
... acquaintance , died a few weeks ago , suddenly in his bed ; there passed not , I believe , a minute between health and death . At night , at Mrs. Thrale's , as I was musing1 in my chamber , I thought with uncommon earnestness , that ...
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... acquaintance of ours , whose nar- ratives , which abounded in curious and interesting topicks , were unhappily found ... acquainted with a late eminent noble judge ' , whom I have heard speak of him as a writer with great respect ...
... acquaintance of ours , whose nar- ratives , which abounded in curious and interesting topicks , were unhappily found ... acquainted with a late eminent noble judge ' , whom I have heard speak of him as a writer with great respect ...
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... acquaintance is a valuable acquisition . ' 99 That learned and ingenious prelate , it is well known , published at one period of his life " Moral and Po- litical Dialogues , " with a wofully whiggish cast . Afterwards , his lordship ...
... acquaintance is a valuable acquisition . ' 99 That learned and ingenious prelate , it is well known , published at one period of his life " Moral and Po- litical Dialogues , " with a wofully whiggish cast . Afterwards , his lordship ...
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... acquaintance , distinguished by rank , fashion , and genius , a literary fame , various , elegant , and still increasing , colloquial talents rarely to be found , and , with all these means of happiness , enjoy- ing , when well advanced ...
... acquaintance , distinguished by rank , fashion , and genius , a literary fame , various , elegant , and still increasing , colloquial talents rarely to be found , and , with all these means of happiness , enjoy- ing , when well advanced ...
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