Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 77
... letter . Be so good as to con- trive to enquire . But why does my dear Mr. Warton tell me nothing of himself ? Where hangs the new vol- ume ? 2 Can I help ? Let not the past labour be lost , for want of a little more : but snatch what ...
... letter . Be so good as to con- trive to enquire . But why does my dear Mr. Warton tell me nothing of himself ? Where hangs the new vol- ume ? 2 Can I help ? Let not the past labour be lost , for want of a little more : but snatch what ...
Page 487
... letter on the same day in which I received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence . The letter ...
... letter on the same day in which I received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence . The letter ...
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... Letter on the Case of Admiral Byng , " 85 Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , A ( Towers ) , 243-244 Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle ( Tooke ) , 413-414 Letter to the People of Scotland , against diminishing the number of the ...
... Letter on the Case of Admiral Byng , " 85 Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , A ( Towers ) , 243-244 Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle ( Tooke ) , 413-414 Letter to the People of Scotland , against diminishing the number of the ...
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