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But in the mean time let me know how you do . I am , dear madam , your
affectionate servant , “ Sam . JOHNSON . ” ] “ TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . 60 “
Bolt - court , 16th June , 1781 . “ DEAR SIR , —How welcome your account of
yourself ...
But in the mean time let me know how you do . I am , dear madam , your
affectionate servant , “ Sam . JOHNSON . ” ] “ TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . 60 “
Bolt - court , 16th June , 1781 . “ DEAR SIR , —How welcome your account of
yourself ...
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His afflicted father has immortalised him in many pathetic passages of his later
works , and particularly in his celebrated “ Letter to a Noble Lord . ” _ ED . ) ? [ He
means escaped the expense of post - chaises by happening to find places in ...
His afflicted father has immortalised him in many pathetic passages of his later
works , and particularly in his celebrated “ Letter to a Noble Lord . ” _ ED . ) ? [ He
means escaped the expense of post - chaises by happening to find places in ...
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( He , by this word , means that he had in prayer recommended his departed
friend to the mercy of God . See ante , vol . i . p . 219.–ED. ) 3 See an account of
him in “ The Gentleman's Magazine , ” February , 1785 . -BOSWELL . 4 In both
editions ...
( He , by this word , means that he had in prayer recommended his departed
friend to the mercy of God . See ante , vol . i . p . 219.–ED. ) 3 See an account of
him in “ The Gentleman's Magazine , ” February , 1785 . -BOSWELL . 4 In both
editions ...
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In support of the last of these conjectures may be urged his mean opinion of that
ministry , which has frequently appeared in the course of this work ; and it is
strongly confirmed by what he said on the subject to Mr. Seward : - “ I am glad the
...
In support of the last of these conjectures may be urged his mean opinion of that
ministry , which has frequently appeared in the course of this work ; and it is
strongly confirmed by what he said on the subject to Mr. Seward : - “ I am glad the
...
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Poverty takes away so many means of doing good , and produces so much
inability to resist evil , both natural and moral , that it is by all virtuous means to be
avoided . Consider a man whose fortune is very narrow ; whatever be his rank by
...
Poverty takes away so many means of doing good , and produces so much
inability to resist evil , both natural and moral , that it is by all virtuous means to be
avoided . Consider a man whose fortune is very narrow ; whatever be his rank by
...
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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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