The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... I shall follow my own opinion ; for the world has shewn a very flattering partiality to my writings , on many occasions , B. He did not follow it . AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 3 one mode of life with another 2 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... I shall follow my own opinion ; for the world has shewn a very flattering partiality to my writings , on many occasions , B. He did not follow it . AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 3 one mode of life with another 2 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... acquaintance . " ( Prayers and Meditations , 164. ) It was in Butcher Row that this meeting happened . Mr. Edwards , who was a decent - looking elderly man in gray clothes and a wig of many curls , accosted Johnson with familiar ...
... acquaintance . " ( Prayers and Meditations , 164. ) It was in Butcher Row that this meeting happened . Mr. Edwards , who was a decent - looking elderly man in gray clothes and a wig of many curls , accosted Johnson with familiar ...
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... respected me for literature ; and yet it was not great but by comparison . Sir , it is amazing how little literature there is in the world . " B. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 5 most valuable sense of the word 4 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... respected me for literature ; and yet it was not great but by comparison . Sir , it is amazing how little literature there is in the world . " B. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 5 most valuable sense of the word 4 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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James Boswell. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 5 most valuable sense of the word . " EDWARDS : " But I shall not die rich . " JOHNSON : " Nay , sure , Sir , it is better to live rich , than to die rich . " EDWARDS : " I wish I had ... ACQUAINTANCE ...
James Boswell. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 5 most valuable sense of the word . " EDWARDS : " But I shall not die rich . " JOHNSON : " Nay , sure , Sir , it is better to live rich , than to die rich . " EDWARDS : " I wish I had ... ACQUAINTANCE ...
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... practically . A bookish man should always 1 I am not absolutely sure but this was my own suggestion , though it is truly in the character of Edwards . B. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 7 have them to converse with . 6 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... practically . A bookish man should always 1 I am not absolutely sure but this was my own suggestion , though it is truly in the character of Edwards . B. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 7 have them to converse with . 6 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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