The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 50
... MADAM , -Though I am afraid your illness leaves you little leisure for the reception of airy civilities , yet I cannot forbear to pay you my congratu- lations on the new year ; and to declare my wishes that your years to come may be ...
... MADAM , -Though I am afraid your illness leaves you little leisure for the reception of airy civilities , yet I cannot forbear to pay you my congratu- lations on the new year ; and to declare my wishes that your years to come may be ...
Page 68
... madam , has said it as correctly as it could be . " Nor was it only in the dignitaries of the church that Johnson required a particular decorum and delicacy of behaviour ; he justly considered that the clergy , as persons set apart for ...
... madam , has said it as correctly as it could be . " Nor was it only in the dignitaries of the church that Johnson required a particular decorum and delicacy of behaviour ; he justly considered that the clergy , as persons set apart for ...
Page 75
... madam , what right have you to talk thus ? Both Mr. ***** and I have reason to take it ill . You may talk so of Mr. ***** ; but why do you make me do it . Have I said any thing against Mr. ***** ? You have set him , that I might shoot ...
... madam , what right have you to talk thus ? Both Mr. ***** and I have reason to take it ill . You may talk so of Mr. ***** ; but why do you make me do it . Have I said any thing against Mr. ***** ? You have set him , that I might shoot ...
Page 79
... MADAM , -Life is full of troubles . I have just lost my dear friend Thrale . I hope he is happy ; but I have had a great loss . I am otherwise pretty well . I re- quire some care of myself , but that care is not ineffectual ; and when I ...
... MADAM , -Life is full of troubles . I have just lost my dear friend Thrale . I hope he is happy ; but I have had a great loss . I am otherwise pretty well . I re- quire some care of myself , but that care is not ineffectual ; and when I ...
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... madam , we see that it is not to be the same body ; for the scripture uses the illustration of grain sown , and we know that the grain which grows is not the same with what is sown . You cannot suppose that we shall rise with a diseased ...
... madam , we see that it is not to be the same body ; for the scripture uses the illustration of grain sown , and we know that the grain which grows is not the same with what is sown . You cannot suppose that we shall rise with a diseased ...
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