Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 18
... taken place . As for Johnson , " Sir , " he said ; " I love the acquaintance of young people ; because , in the first place , I don't like to think myself growing old . In the next place , young acquaintances must last longest , if they ...
... taken place . As for Johnson , " Sir , " he said ; " I love the acquaintance of young people ; because , in the first place , I don't like to think myself growing old . In the next place , young acquaintances must last longest , if they ...
Page 28
... taken to London by his mother , who concealed her second pregnancy from her husband in order to make the journey . They stayed at the house of a bookseller off Aldersgate Street ; there was a dog there named Chops , and a cat with a ...
... taken to London by his mother , who concealed her second pregnancy from her husband in order to make the journey . They stayed at the house of a bookseller off Aldersgate Street ; there was a dog there named Chops , and a cat with a ...
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... taken . " Of the fallaciousness of hope and the uncertainty of schemes , every day gives some new proof ; but it is seldom heeded , till something rather felt than seen awakens atten- tion . This illness , in which I have suffered ...
... taken . " Of the fallaciousness of hope and the uncertainty of schemes , every day gives some new proof ; but it is seldom heeded , till something rather felt than seen awakens atten- tion . This illness , in which I have suffered ...
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