The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... sure , Spence turned round and wrote that down ; ' and went on to say to Dr. Johnson , Pope , sir , would have said the same of you , if he had seen you distilling . ' JOHNSON . Sir , if Pope had told me of my distilling , I would have ...
... sure , Spence turned round and wrote that down ; ' and went on to say to Dr. Johnson , Pope , sir , would have said the same of you , if he had seen you distilling . ' JOHNSON . Sir , if Pope had told me of my distilling , I would have ...
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... sure he meant something . ' Yet when the life of that prelate , pre- fixed to his sermons by Dr. Porteus and Dr. Stinton , his chaplains , first came out , he read it with the utmost avidity , and said , It is a life well written , and ...
... sure he meant something . ' Yet when the life of that prelate , pre- fixed to his sermons by Dr. Porteus and Dr. Stinton , his chaplains , first came out , he read it with the utmost avidity , and said , It is a life well written , and ...
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... sure . Philology and biography were his favourite pur- suits ; and those who lived most in intimacy with him , heard him upon all occasions , when there was a proper oppor- tunity , take delight in expatiating upon the various merits of ...
... sure . Philology and biography were his favourite pur- suits ; and those who lived most in intimacy with him , heard him upon all occasions , when there was a proper oppor- tunity , take delight in expatiating upon the various merits of ...
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... sure , to pardon my recalling this stipula- tion to your recollection ; as I should be loath to appear negligent of that obligation which is always implied in an epistolary confidence . In the reservation of that right I have read them ...
... sure , to pardon my recalling this stipula- tion to your recollection ; as I should be loath to appear negligent of that obligation which is always implied in an epistolary confidence . In the reservation of that right I have read them ...
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... sure is too violent . And yet ( looking to her with a leering smile ) she is the first woman in the world , could she but restrain that wicked tongue of hers : -she would be the only woman , could she but command that little whirligig ...
... sure is too violent . And yet ( looking to her with a leering smile ) she is the first woman in the world , could she but restrain that wicked tongue of hers : -she would be the only woman , could she but command that little whirligig ...
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