The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... once were , encroachment must be repelled , and the kinder feelings sacrificed . To one of the very fortunate persons whom I have mentioned , namely , Mr. Wedderburne , now lord Loughborough , I must do the justice to relate , that I ...
... once were , encroachment must be repelled , and the kinder feelings sacrificed . To one of the very fortunate persons whom I have mentioned , namely , Mr. Wedderburne , now lord Loughborough , I must do the justice to relate , that I ...
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... once a week ? " We talked of education at great schools ; the advan- tages and disadvantages of which Johnson displayed in a luminous manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts ...
... once a week ? " We talked of education at great schools ; the advan- tages and disadvantages of which Johnson displayed in a luminous manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts ...
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... once debauched a friend's daughter . I may debauch yours . " 999 Mr. Thrale called upon him , and appeared to bear the loss of his son with a manly composure . There was no affectation about him ; and he talked , as usual , upon in ...
... once debauched a friend's daughter . I may debauch yours . " 999 Mr. Thrale called upon him , and appeared to bear the loss of his son with a manly composure . There was no affectation about him ; and he talked , as usual , upon in ...
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... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
... once observed to me , " It is wonderful , sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one ...
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... once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of pri- vate connections , and fairly gets into the great ocean of London , will , by ...
... once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of pri- vate connections , and fairly gets into the great ocean of London , will , by ...
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