The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... perhaps no degree of attention or discern- ment will be sufficient to afford it . " Come home , however , and take your chance . I long to see you , and to hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home ...
... perhaps no degree of attention or discern- ment will be sufficient to afford it . " Come home , however , and take your chance . I long to see you , and to hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home ...
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... 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 novelty may give you at your return . I am afraid we shall find it ...
... 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 novelty may give you at your return . I am afraid we shall find it ...
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... 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 . d Piety practised in solitude , like the flower that blooms in the desert , may give ...
... 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 . d Piety practised in solitude , like the flower that blooms in the desert , may give ...
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... perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and often , from lazi- ness , have written only half lines . I have written a hun- dred lines in a day . I remember I wrote a hundred lines ...
... perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and often , from lazi- ness , have written only half lines . I have written a hun- dred lines in a day . I remember I wrote a hundred lines ...
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... perhaps any man at his [ first ] appearance ever gained before . He made two speeches in the house for repealing the stamp act , which were pub- lickly commended by Mr. Pitt , and have filled the town with wonder . • " Burke is a great ...
... perhaps any man at his [ first ] appearance ever gained before . He made two speeches in the house for repealing the stamp act , which were pub- lickly commended by Mr. Pitt , and have filled the town with wonder . • " Burke is a great ...
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