The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... hand , in appropriated characters devised for the purpose , I had a method of my own of writing half words , and leaving out some altogether , so as yet to keep the substance and language of any discourse which I had heard so much in ...
... hand , in appropriated characters devised for the purpose , I had a method of my own of writing half words , and leaving out some altogether , so as yet to keep the substance and language of any discourse which I had heard so much in ...
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... hands . " I doubt whether he heard this remark . While he went on talking triumphantly , I was fixed in admiration ... hand . " It has been observed and wondered at , that Mr. Charles Fox never talked with any freedom in the presence ...
... hands . " I doubt whether he heard this remark . While he went on talking triumphantly , I was fixed in admiration ... hand . " It has been observed and wondered at , that Mr. Charles Fox never talked with any freedom in the presence ...
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... hands . " I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen , that I might have a discreet friend at hand , to act as occasion should require . In penning this note , I had some difficulty ; my hand , I knew not how nor why , made wrong letters . I then ...
... hands . " I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen , that I might have a discreet friend at hand , to act as occasion should require . In penning this note , I had some difficulty ; my hand , I knew not how nor why , made wrong letters . I then ...
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