The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but , upon the whole , there would have been more ridicule than good produced by ...
... reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but , upon the whole , there would have been more ridicule than good produced by ...
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... reasons for concealing his original were penitentiary ; he deserved no other name than that of the impostor , he said . His pious and patient endurance of a tedious illness , ending in an exemplary death ( 1768 ) , confirmed the strong ...
... reasons for concealing his original were penitentiary ; he deserved no other name than that of the impostor , he said . His pious and patient endurance of a tedious illness , ending in an exemplary death ( 1768 ) , confirmed the strong ...
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... reason to hope for a future state of compensation , that there may be a perfect system . 1 " Yesterday ( 18th ) I rose late , having not slept ill . Having promised a dedication , I thought it necessary to write ; but for some time ...
... reason to hope for a future state of compensation , that there may be a perfect system . 1 " Yesterday ( 18th ) I rose late , having not slept ill . Having promised a dedication , I thought it necessary to write ; but for some time ...
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... reason , though a book may as well be in poetry as in prose . We understand what is most general , and we name what is less fre- quent . " We talked of a lady's verses on Ireland . MISS REYNOLDS . " Have you seen them , Sir ? " JOHNSON ...
... reason , though a book may as well be in poetry as in prose . We understand what is most general , and we name what is less fre- quent . " We talked of a lady's verses on Ireland . MISS REYNOLDS . " Have you seen them , Sir ? " JOHNSON ...
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... reason to suppose was accurate ; for it was written down in his pre- sence by this friend , who enumerated each article aloud , and had some of them mentioned to him by Mr. Levett , in concert with whom it was made out ; and Johnson ...
... reason to suppose was accurate ; for it was written down in his pre- sence by this friend , who enumerated each article aloud , and had some of them mentioned to him by Mr. Levett , in concert with whom it was made out ; and Johnson ...
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