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Oxford English Classics . * * * BOSWELL ' S LIFE OF JOHNSON . IN FOUR
VOLUMES . VOLUME III BIBLIOTHEQUE S . J . Les Fontaines 60 - CHANTILLY
PRINTED BY TALBOYS AND WHEELER , OXFORD . SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Oxford English Classics . * * * BOSWELL ' S LIFE OF JOHNSON . IN FOUR
VOLUMES . VOLUME III BIBLIOTHEQUE S . J . Les Fontaines 60 - CHANTILLY
PRINTED BY TALBOYS AND WHEELER , OXFORD . SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English universities are not rich
enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to
fit him for the world ; and accordingly in general they are held no longer than till
an ...
Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English universities are not rich
enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to
fit him for the world ; and accordingly in general they are held no longer than till
an ...
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He added , " I would not have you read any thing else of Cheyne but his book on
Health , and his English Malady . " Upon the question whether a man who had
been guilty of vicious actions would do well to force himself into solitude and ...
He added , " I would not have you read any thing else of Cheyne but his book on
Health , and his English Malady . " Upon the question whether a man who had
been guilty of vicious actions would do well to force himself into solitude and ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 3 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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