The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... pleasure . And now I am to give a pretty full account of one of the most curious instances in Johnson's life , of which he himself has made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church , I was accosted by Edwards , an ...
... pleasure . And now I am to give a pretty full account of one of the most curious instances in Johnson's life , of which he himself has made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church , I was accosted by Edwards , an ...
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... pleasure of living in the country . Bos- WELL " I have no notion of this , Sir . What you have to entertain you , is , I think , exhausted in half an hour . ' EDWARDS : " What ! don't you love to have hope realized ? I see my grass ...
... pleasure of living in the country . Bos- WELL " I have no notion of this , Sir . What you have to entertain you , is , I think , exhausted in half an hour . ' EDWARDS : " What ! don't you love to have hope realized ? I see my grass ...
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... pleasure . I remember , many years ago , when my imagination was warm , and I happened to be in a melancholy mood , it distressed me to think of going into a state of being in which Shakespeare's poetry did not exist . A lady whom I ...
... pleasure . I remember , many years ago , when my imagination was warm , and I happened to be in a melancholy mood , it distressed me to think of going into a state of being in which Shakespeare's poetry did not exist . A lady whom I ...
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... pleasure , and wish to be better known to you . " Thus began an acquaintance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent , " he said , " They should set him in the pillory ...
... pleasure , and wish to be better known to you . " Thus began an acquaintance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent , " he said , " They should set him in the pillory ...
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... pleasure from it . He has the crime of prodigality , and the wretchedness of parsimony . If a man is killed in a duel , he is killed as many a one has been killed ; but it is a sad thing for a man to lie down and die ; to bleed to death ...
... pleasure from it . He has the crime of prodigality , and the wretchedness of parsimony . If a man is killed in a duel , he is killed as many a one has been killed ; but it is a sad thing for a man to lie down and die ; to bleed to death ...
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