The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... reasons which ought to restrain a man from drony solitude and useless retirement . " I am indebted to Mr. Malone , one of Sir Joshua Reynolds's executors , for the following note , which was found among his papers after his death , and ...
... reasons which ought to restrain a man from drony solitude and useless retirement . " I am indebted to Mr. Malone , one of Sir Joshua Reynolds's executors , for the following note , which was found among his papers after his death , and ...
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... reasons might be given in the conjectural ' yet positive manner of writers , who are proud to account for every event which they relate . He himself , how- ever , says , " The motives of my journey I hardly Prayers know : I omitted it ...
... reasons might be given in the conjectural ' yet positive manner of writers , who are proud to account for every event which they relate . He himself , how- ever , says , " The motives of my journey I hardly Prayers know : I omitted it ...
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... reason , neither you have written to me , nor I to you . To let friendship die away by negligence and silence , is certainly not wise . It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage , of which ...
... reason , neither you have written to me , nor I to you . To let friendship die away by negligence and silence , is certainly not wise . It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage , of which ...
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... reason to complain . I know not that I have written any thing more generally commended than the Lives of the Poets ; and have found the world willing enough to caress me , if my health had invited me to be in much company ; but this ...
... reason to complain . I know not that I have written any thing more generally commended than the Lives of the Poets ; and have found the world willing enough to caress me , if my health had invited me to be in much company ; but this ...
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... reasons , take care , dear madam , of your health , spare no expense , and want no attendance that can procure ease or preserve it . Be very careful to keep your mind quiet ; and do not think it too much to give an account of your ...
... reasons , take care , dear madam , of your health , spare no expense , and want no attendance that can procure ease or preserve it . Be very careful to keep your mind quiet ; and do not think it too much to give an account of your ...
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