The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , which I found here on my return ...
... appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , which I found here on my return ...
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... appears highly probable . He told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to overcome ...
... appears highly probable . He told Mr. Paradise that he was sometimes so languid and inefficient , that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town clock . Johnson , upon the first violent attack of this disorder , strove to overcome ...
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... appear to be strengthened by the extinction of others ; as we perceive the taste and touch to be more exquisitely enjoyed by the blind than by those who have the use of all their senses . Men of deranged intellects will reason , on ...
... appear to be strengthened by the extinction of others ; as we perceive the taste and touch to be more exquisitely enjoyed by the blind than by those who have the use of all their senses . Men of deranged intellects will reason , on ...
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... appears from the following passage in his minutes kept by way of diary : resolving to be a christian , became one of the most zealous and pious ones our nation ever produced . " Anecdotes , p . 17 . This is one of the numerous ...
... appears from the following passage in his minutes kept by way of diary : resolving to be a christian , became one of the most zealous and pious ones our nation ever produced . " Anecdotes , p . 17 . This is one of the numerous ...
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... appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my possession , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study , according to computation , of which he was all his life fond , as it fixed his ...
... appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my possession , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study , according to computation , of which he was all his life fond , as it fixed his ...
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