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Many of your notions seem not to be very clear in your own mind ; many are not
sufficiently developed and expanded for the ... 3 ( Miss Reynolds , it seems ,
wished to dispose of her collection , and thought that Mrs. Thrale might purchase
and ...
Many of your notions seem not to be very clear in your own mind ; many are not
sufficiently developed and expanded for the ... 3 ( Miss Reynolds , it seems ,
wished to dispose of her collection , and thought that Mrs. Thrale might purchase
and ...
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Young Burke ' has just been with me , and I have dinęd to - day with Dr. Adams ,
who seems fond of me . " may see her Lichfield , 20th October , 1781 . “ I wrote
from Oxford , where I staid two days . On Thursday I went to Birmingham , and
was ...
Young Burke ' has just been with me , and I have dinęd to - day with Dr. Adams ,
who seems fond of me . " may see her Lichfield , 20th October , 1781 . “ I wrote
from Oxford , where I staid two days . On Thursday I went to Birmingham , and
was ...
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It seems scarcely conceivable how such palpable impositions could have
deceived the most ignorant , and yet there were numerous dupes in the critical
and literary circles of the day . Mr. W. H. Ireland has since published a full and
minute ...
It seems scarcely conceivable how such palpable impositions could have
deceived the most ignorant , and yet there were numerous dupes in the critical
and literary circles of the day . Mr. W. H. Ireland has since published a full and
minute ...
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I am afraid I must once more owe my recovery to warm weather , which seems to
make no advances towards us . “ Such is my health , which will , I hope , soon
grow better . In other respects I have no reason to complain . I know not that I
have ...
I am afraid I must once more owe my recovery to warm weather , which seems to
make no advances towards us . “ Such is my health , which will , I hope , soon
grow better . In other respects I have no reason to complain . I know not that I
have ...
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I then dined on tea , & c .; then read over part of Dr. Lawrence's book · De
Temperamentis , ' which seems to have been written with a troubled mind . “ My
mind has been for some time much disturbed . The peace of God be with me . “ I
hope to ...
I then dined on tea , & c .; then read over part of Dr. Lawrence's book · De
Temperamentis , ' which seems to have been written with a troubled mind . “ My
mind has been for some time much disturbed . The peace of God be with me . “ I
hope to ...
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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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