Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... once boasted myself with so much exul- tation , my Lord , your Lordship's most humble , most obedient servant , SAM . JOHNSON3 " While this was the talk of the town ( says Dr. Adams , in a letter to me ) , I happened to visit Dr ...
... once boasted myself with so much exul- tation , my Lord , your Lordship's most humble , most obedient servant , SAM . JOHNSON3 " While this was the talk of the town ( says Dr. Adams , in a letter to me ) , I happened to visit Dr ...
Page 283
... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to continue so , whether he chooses it or ...
... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to continue so , whether he chooses it or ...
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... once he had engaged himself in dispu- tation , [ matter ] thoughts flowed in on either side . " The abyss of an un - ideal [ emptiness ] vacancy . " These , like [ many other harlots , ] the harlots of other men , had his love though ...
... once he had engaged himself in dispu- tation , [ matter ] thoughts flowed in on either side . " The abyss of an un - ideal [ emptiness ] vacancy . " These , like [ many other harlots , ] the harlots of other men , had his love though ...
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