The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of pri- vate connections , and fairly gets into the great ocean of London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably ex- perience such cessations of acquaintance . " My knowledge of physick ...
... hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of pri- vate connections , and fairly gets into the great ocean of London , will , by imperceptible degrees , unavoidably ex- perience such cessations of acquaintance . " My knowledge of physick ...
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... hear such an outcry against it . " THRALE . " There may be few people absolutely ruined by deep play ; but very many are much hurt in their circumstances by it . " JOHN- SON . Yes , sir , and so are very many by other kinds of expense ...
... hear such an outcry against it . " THRALE . " There may be few people absolutely ruined by deep play ; but very many are much hurt in their circumstances by it . " JOHN- SON . Yes , sir , and so are very many by other kinds of expense ...
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... hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when ...
... hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when ...
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... set apart for it , and this is in general pretty well observed : yet ask the first ten gross men you meet , and hear what they can tell of their religion . " On Monday , April 29th , he and I made ÆTAT . 67. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
... set apart for it , and this is in general pretty well observed : yet ask the first ten gross men you meet , and hear what they can tell of their religion . " On Monday , April 29th , he and I made ÆTAT . 67. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
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... hear it said very gravely , ' Why was not the half guinea thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal ? ' Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support than ...
... hear it said very gravely , ' Why was not the half guinea thus spent in luxury , given to the poor ? To how many might it have afforded a good meal ? ' Alas ! has it not gone to the industrious poor , whom it is better to support than ...
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