The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass , in order to get to bed . " JOHNSON : " You are a lawyer , Mr. Edwards . Lawyers know life practically . A bookish man should always 1 I am not absolutely sure but this was my ...
... consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass , in order to get to bed . " JOHNSON : " You are a lawyer , Mr. Edwards . Lawyers know life practically . A bookish man should always 1 I am not absolutely sure but this was my ...
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... considering the general lot of men of superior abilities , he wondered , that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " B. LORD CAMDEN II deal of inconvenience from the heat , ΙΟ BOSWELL'S ...
... considering the general lot of men of superior abilities , he wondered , that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " B. LORD CAMDEN II deal of inconvenience from the heat , ΙΟ BOSWELL'S ...
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... if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ? JOHNSON : " Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad humour from having been shewn " " " " them . You must consider , Madam ; III . C PAMPHLETS ...
... if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ? JOHNSON : " Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad humour from having been shewn " " " " them . You must consider , Madam ; III . C PAMPHLETS ...
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... consider it as a very difficult question in conscience , whether one should advise a man not to publish a work , if profit be his object ; for the man may say , ' Had it not been for you , I should have had the money . ' Now you cannot ...
... consider it as a very difficult question in conscience , whether one should advise a man not to publish a work , if profit be his object ; for the man may say , ' Had it not been for you , I should have had the money . ' Now you cannot ...
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... consider- able increase of company . Several of us got round Dr. Johnson , and complained that he would not give us an exact catalogue of his works , that there might be a com- plete edition . He smiled , and evaded our entreaties ...
... consider- able increase of company . Several of us got round Dr. Johnson , and complained that he would not give us an exact catalogue of his works , that there might be a com- plete edition . He smiled , and evaded our entreaties ...
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