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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... talk Johnson . " Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust they will not only talk , but think , Johnson . To enumerate those to whom I have been thus indebted would be tediously ostentatious . I cannot , however , but ...
... talk Johnson . " Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust they will not only talk , but think , Johnson . To enumerate those to whom I have been thus indebted would be tediously ostentatious . I cannot , however , but ...
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... talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of anything else . Had my mother been more literate , they had been better companions . She might have sometimes introduced her unwelcome topic with ...
... talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of anything else . Had my mother been more literate , they had been better companions . She might have sometimes introduced her unwelcome topic with ...
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... talk of a book , when the author is concealed behind the door . " He received me very courteously ; but , it must be confessed , that his apartment , and furniture , and morning dress , were sufficiently uncouth . His brown suit of ...
... talk of a book , when the author is concealed behind the door . " He received me very courteously ; but , it must be confessed , that his apartment , and furniture , and morning dress , were sufficiently uncouth . His brown suit of ...
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