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Swift was so much under the dominion of this painful feeling , that he would leave
letters unopened , to spare himself for a while from the shock of the ill tidings they
might bear of his absent friends . It may be resolved , perhaps , into those ...
Swift was so much under the dominion of this painful feeling , that he would leave
letters unopened , to spare himself for a while from the shock of the ill tidings they
might bear of his absent friends . It may be resolved , perhaps , into those ...
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In my Letter to the people of Scotland , against diminishing the number of the
Lords of Session , published in 1785 , there is the following passage , which , as
a concise , and I hope a fair and rational state of the matter , I presume to quote ...
In my Letter to the people of Scotland , against diminishing the number of the
Lords of Session , published in 1785 , there is the following passage , which , as
a concise , and I hope a fair and rational state of the matter , I presume to quote ...
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I lately , ” said he , “ received a letter from the East Indies , from a gentleman
whom I formerly knew very well : he had returned from that country with a
handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to acquire
those immense ...
I lately , ” said he , “ received a letter from the East Indies , from a gentleman
whom I formerly knew very well : he had returned from that country with a
handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to acquire
those immense ...
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Lord Chesterfield ' s Letters to his Son , I think , might be made a very pretty book
. Take out the immorality , and it should be put into the hands of every young
gentleman . An elegant manner and easiness of behaviour are acquired
gradually ...
Lord Chesterfield ' s Letters to his Son , I think , might be made a very pretty book
. Take out the immorality , and it should be put into the hands of every young
gentleman . An elegant manner and easiness of behaviour are acquired
gradually ...
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Lord Elliot informs me , that one day when Johnson and he were at dinner in a
gentleman ' s house in London , upon lord Chesterfield ' s Letters being
mentioned , Johnson surprised the company by this sentence : “ Every man of
any ...
Lord Elliot informs me , that one day when Johnson and he were at dinner in a
gentleman ' s house in London , upon lord Chesterfield ' s Letters being
mentioned , Johnson surprised the company by this sentence : “ Every man of
any ...
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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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