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... instance that this was his endeavour , it may be worth while to mention a method he took in regulating a proper allowance of malt liquor to be drunk in his family , that there might not be a deficiency , or any intemperate profusion ...
... instance that this was his endeavour , it may be worth while to mention a method he took in regulating a proper allowance of malt liquor to be drunk in his family , that there might not be a deficiency , or any intemperate profusion ...
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... instances of good behaviour or diligent service , he was not wanting in particular encouragements and presents above their wages : it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three ...
... instances of good behaviour or diligent service , he was not wanting in particular encouragements and presents above their wages : it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three ...
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... instance . His majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life , but having fallen into ...
... instance . His majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life , but having fallen into ...
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... instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a much greater degree by using three or four microscopes at a time than by using one . " Now , " added Johnson , " every one acquainted with ...
... instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a much greater degree by using three or four microscopes at a time than by using one . " Now , " added Johnson , " every one acquainted with ...
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... instance , from mere wantonness of appe- tite , he steals privately to her chambermaid . Sir , a wife ought not ... instances , leave his wife and go to a harlot , if his wife has not been negligent of pleasing . " Here he discovered ...
... instance , from mere wantonness of appe- tite , he steals privately to her chambermaid . Sir , a wife ought not ... instances , leave his wife and go to a harlot , if his wife has not been negligent of pleasing . " Here he discovered ...
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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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