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No man loves to frustrate expectations which have been formed in his favour ; and the pleasure which I promise myself from your journals and remarks is so great , that perhaps no degree of attention or discernment will be sufficient to ...
No man loves to frustrate expectations which have been formed in his favour ; and the pleasure which I promise myself from your journals and remarks is so great , that perhaps no degree of attention or discernment will be sufficient to ...
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welcome as is due to him whom a wise and noble curiosity has led , where perhaps no native of this country ever was before . I have no news to tell you that can deserve your notice ; nor would I willingly lessen the pleasure that any ...
welcome as is due to him whom a wise and noble curiosity has led , where perhaps no native of this country ever was before . I have no news to tell you that can deserve your notice ; nor would I willingly lessen the pleasure that any ...
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I don't deny , sir , but that bis novel may , perhaps , do harm ; but I cannot think his intention was bad . Johnson . Sir , that will not do . We cannot prove any man's intention to be bad . 1 > 1 a > You may shoot a man through ...
I don't deny , sir , but that bis novel may , perhaps , do harm ; but I cannot think his intention was bad . Johnson . Sir , that will not do . We cannot prove any man's intention to be bad . 1 > 1 a > You may shoot a man through ...
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When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and often , from laziness , have written only half lines .
When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and often , from laziness , have written only half lines .
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However , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ; but we have the loss of Burke's company since ; he has been engaged in publick business , in which he has gained more reputation than perhaps any man at his [ first ] appearance ever ...
However , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ; but we have the loss of Burke's company since ; he has been engaged in publick business , in which he has gained more reputation than perhaps any man at his [ first ] appearance ever ...
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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 & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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