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... DEAR SIR , -Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspond- ent . Be assured , for the present , that nothing has les- sened ...
... DEAR SIR , -Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspond- ent . Be assured , for the present , that nothing has les- sened ...
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... dear sir , " Your affectionate humble servant , " Johnson's Court , Fleet - street , 66 SAM , JOHNSON . January 14 , 1766. " I returned to London in February , and found Dr. John- son in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet ...
... dear sir , " Your affectionate humble servant , " Johnson's Court , Fleet - street , 66 SAM , JOHNSON . January 14 , 1766. " I returned to London in February , and found Dr. John- son in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet ...
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... dear for what you get . You must not give a shilling's worth of court for sixpence worth of good . But if you can get a shil- ling's worth of good for sixpence worth of court , you are a fool if you do not pay court . " He said , " If ...
... dear for what you get . You must not give a shilling's worth of court for sixpence worth of good . But if you can get a shil- ling's worth of good for sixpence worth of court , you are a fool if you do not pay court . " He said , " If ...
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... dear sir , you don't call Rous- seau bad company . Do you really think him a bad man ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , if you are talking jestingly of this , I don't talk with you . If you mean to be serious , I think him one of the worst of men ...
... dear sir , you don't call Rous- seau bad company . Do you really think him a bad man ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , if you are talking jestingly of this , I don't talk with you . If you mean to be serious , I think him one of the worst of men ...
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... DEAR SIR , -What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the pri- vilege ...
... DEAR SIR , -What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the pri- vilege ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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