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 183
... tell him , it was not in the Virgilian style . He much regretted that his first tutor was dead ; for whom he seemed to retain the greatest regard . He said , ' I once had been a whole morning sliding in Christ - Church meadows , and ...
... tell him , it was not in the Virgilian style . He much regretted that his first tutor was dead ; for whom he seemed to retain the greatest regard . He said , ' I once had been a whole morning sliding in Christ - Church meadows , and ...
Page 242
... tell them the story of the editor , among the other strange narratives with which your long residence in this unknown region has supplied you . " As you have now been long away , I suppose your curiosity may pant for some news of your ...
... tell them the story of the editor , among the other strange narratives with which your long residence in this unknown region has supplied you . " As you have now been long away , I suppose your curiosity may pant for some news of your ...
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... tell a lie for me , have I not reason to apprehend that he will tell many lies for himself . " I am , however , satisfied that every ser- vant , of any degree of intelligence , un- derstands saying his master is not at home , not at all ...
... tell a lie for me , have I not reason to apprehend that he will tell many lies for himself . " I am , however , satisfied that every ser- vant , of any degree of intelligence , un- derstands saying his master is not at home , not at all ...
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