The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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Had I known that this was the last time that I should enjoy in this world the conversation of a friend whom I so much respected , and from whom I derived so much instruc1 tion and entertainment , I should have been deeply affected 246 ...
Had I known that this was the last time that I should enjoy in this world the conversation of a friend whom I so much respected , and from whom I derived so much instruc1 tion and entertainment , I should have been deeply affected 246 ...
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tion and entertainment , I should have been deeply affected . When I now look back to it , I am vexed that a single word should have been forgotten . Both Sir Joshua and I were so sanguine in our expectations , that we expatiated with ...
tion and entertainment , I should have been deeply affected . When I now look back to it , I am vexed that a single word should have been forgotten . Both Sir Joshua and I were so sanguine in our expectations , that we expatiated with ...
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In that amusing scrap - book called " Grose's Olio , " there is an imputa- Ed . tion against Dr. Johnson of having obtained an advance of money from the publishers of the Dictionary , by the trick of substituting old sheets instead of ...
In that amusing scrap - book called " Grose's Olio , " there is an imputa- Ed . tion against Dr. Johnson of having obtained an advance of money from the publishers of the Dictionary , by the trick of substituting old sheets instead of ...
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Fenton , Elijah , his share in the translaExpectation , usefulness of comparing ex- tion of the Odyssey , iv . 312 . perience with , i . 313 . Ferguson , Mr. James , iv . 66 . Expense , iv . 336 . Mr. , the astronomer , ii . 100 .
Fenton , Elijah , his share in the translaExpectation , usefulness of comparing ex- tion of the Odyssey , iv . 312 . perience with , i . 313 . Ferguson , Mr. James , iv . 66 . Expense , iv . 336 . Mr. , the astronomer , ii . 100 .
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