The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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Page 81
... gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter nothing . " He at this time , I believe , abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly ...
... gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter nothing . " He at this time , I believe , abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly ...
Page 101
... gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the preface that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ; and I have found this point ascertained beyond all doubt by the following article ...
... gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the preface that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ; and I have found this point ascertained beyond all doubt by the following article ...
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... gave it away very liberally . His desire of imaginary consequence predominated over his attention to truth . When he began to rise into notice , he said he had a brother who was Dean of Durham , 3 a fiction so easily detected , that it ...
... gave it away very liberally . His desire of imaginary consequence predominated over his attention to truth . When he began to rise into notice , he said he had a brother who was Dean of Durham , 3 a fiction so easily detected , that it ...
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