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... on love and madness , add note- [ A kind of novel founded on the story of Mr.
Hackman and Miss Ray , see vol . iv . p . 254.–Ed. ] 70 , note 2 , add - BoSWELL .
106 , note , add – The text not here accurately quoted is in Ecclesiastes , c . xi . v .
... on love and madness , add note- [ A kind of novel founded on the story of Mr.
Hackman and Miss Ray , see vol . iv . p . 254.–Ed. ] 70 , note 2 , add - BoSWELL .
106 , note , add – The text not here accurately quoted is in Ecclesiastes , c . xi . v .
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Every body here is as kind as I expected ; I think Lucy is kinder than ever . ” “ 27th
October , 1781 . “ Poor Lucy's illness has left her very deaf , and , I think , yery
inarticulate . I can scarcely make her understand me , and she can hardly make
me ...
Every body here is as kind as I expected ; I think Lucy is kinder than ever . ” “ 27th
October , 1781 . “ Poor Lucy's illness has left her very deaf , and , I think , yery
inarticulate . I can scarcely make her understand me , and she can hardly make
me ...
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I hope to be in London on Tuesday or Wednesday , and at Streatham on
Thursday , by your kind conveyance . I shall have nothing to relate either
wonderful or delightful . But remember that you sent me away , and turned me out
into the world ...
I hope to be in London on Tuesday or Wednesday , and at Streatham on
Thursday , by your kind conveyance . I shall have nothing to relate either
wonderful or delightful . But remember that you sent me away , and turned me out
into the world ...
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6 Yet still he fills affection's eye , Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor , letter'd
arrogance 4 , deny Thy praise to merit unrefined . 1 [ No doubt the year 1746 ,
and not the age of either party .-- Ed . ) ? ( He , by this word , means that he had in
...
6 Yet still he fills affection's eye , Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor , letter'd
arrogance 4 , deny Thy praise to merit unrefined . 1 [ No doubt the year 1746 ,
and not the age of either party .-- Ed . ) ? ( He , by this word , means that he had in
...
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... no throbs of fiery pain , No cold gradations of decay , Death broke at once the
vital chain , And freed his soul the nearest way 3. ” . - TO MRS . STRAHAN . “ 4th
February , 1782 . “ DEAR MADAM , —Mrs . Williams showed me your kind letter .
... no throbs of fiery pain , No cold gradations of decay , Death broke at once the
vital chain , And freed his soul the nearest way 3. ” . - TO MRS . STRAHAN . “ 4th
February , 1782 . “ DEAR MADAM , —Mrs . Williams showed me your kind letter .
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 5 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | John Wilson Croker |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2016 |
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