Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 108
... wishes , that your years to come may be many and happy . In this wish indeed I include myself who have none but you on whom my heart reposes ; yet surely I wish your good , even though your situation were such as should permit you to ...
... wishes , that your years to come may be many and happy . In this wish indeed I include myself who have none but you on whom my heart reposes ; yet surely I wish your good , even though your situation were such as should permit you to ...
Page 275
Charles Norman. you are to write Pope's Life , you would wish to know about him . " Johnson . " Wish ! why yes . If it rained knowledge I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it . " Boswell now ...
Charles Norman. you are to write Pope's Life , you would wish to know about him . " Johnson . " Wish ! why yes . If it rained knowledge I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it . " Boswell now ...
Page 317
... wishes . You have always commanded my esteem , and long enjoyed the fruits of a friendship never infringed by one harsh expression on my part during twenty years of familiar talk . Never did I oppose your will , or control your wish ...
... wishes . You have always commanded my esteem , and long enjoyed the fruits of a friendship never infringed by one harsh expression on my part during twenty years of familiar talk . Never did I oppose your will , or control your wish ...
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