The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... pleasure which it furnishes . I experienced immediate happiness while whirled along with such a companion , and said to him , " Sir , you observed one day at General Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present but when he ...
... pleasure which it furnishes . I experienced immediate happiness while whirled along with such a companion , and said to him , " Sir , you observed one day at General Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present but when he ...
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... pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confi- dence ; so that there was hardly any topic , if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality , that he might not have been ...
... pleasure in contradiction , especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confi- dence ; so that there was hardly any topic , if not one of the great truths of Religion and Morality , that he might not have been ...
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... pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ; as ...
... pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking ; as ...
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... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " - Sir , Sir , I am obliged to you , Sir , " cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him with ...
... pleasure of giving you some butter - Allow me to recommend a squeeze of this orange ; or the lemon , perhaps , may have more zest . " - Sir , Sir , I am obliged to you , Sir , " cried Johnson , bowing , and turning his head to him with ...
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... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that pleasure was abated . case . " Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well ; I dined with him the other day . * * * * * " It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening ...
... pleasure of his son's election , and died before that pleasure was abated . case . " Langton's lady has brought him a girl , and both are well ; I dined with him the other day . * * * * * " It vexes me to tell you , that on the evening ...
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