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Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great ...
Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great ...
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An Essay on the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers was added to it , when published in volumes ; acknowl . 1759. Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia , a Tale ; acknowl . Advertisement for the proprietors of the Idler against certain ...
An Essay on the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers was added to it , when published in volumes ; acknowl . 1759. Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia , a Tale ; acknowl . Advertisement for the proprietors of the Idler against certain ...
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When he was a child in petticoats , and had learnt to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the common - prayer book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , “ Sam , you must get this by heart .
When he was a child in petticoats , and had learnt to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the common - prayer book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , “ Sam , you must get this by heart .
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The ritual for this office may be found in bishop Sparrow's Collection of Articles , Canons , etc. and in most of our common - prayer books printed in queen Anne's time.-Ed. Johnson indeed , as Mr. Hector informed me , acted ...
The ritual for this office may be found in bishop Sparrow's Collection of Articles , Canons , etc. and in most of our common - prayer books printed in queen Anne's time.-Ed. Johnson indeed , as Mr. Hector informed me , acted ...
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His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from enjoying the common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle with- out them . Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in ...
His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from enjoying the common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle with- out them . Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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