Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 91
... pleasure ; most peo- ple , and particularly a lady , would tremble at taking up the pen to reply to a letter from Mr. Johnson ; but I had the pleasure of experiencing so much candor and goodness in the man , that I have no fear of the ...
... pleasure ; most peo- ple , and particularly a lady , would tremble at taking up the pen to reply to a letter from Mr. Johnson ; but I had the pleasure of experiencing so much candor and goodness in the man , that I have no fear of the ...
Page 92
Charles Norman. ary before I go , and to have the pleasure of joining with a whole Nation in your applause : and when ... pleasure . I want to know when the Great Dictionary will prove itself truly so , by appearing . " She was not alone ...
Charles Norman. ary before I go , and to have the pleasure of joining with a whole Nation in your applause : and when ... pleasure . I want to know when the Great Dictionary will prove itself truly so , by appearing . " She was not alone ...
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... pleasure ? If so ; those changes which do not increase our present happiness , will not enable us to feel the next ... pleasure of seeing you , with the ways and means of procuring this pleasure , must be de- ferred for some days . " He ...
... pleasure ? If so ; those changes which do not increase our present happiness , will not enable us to feel the next ... pleasure of seeing you , with the ways and means of procuring this pleasure , must be de- ferred for some days . " He ...
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