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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity ...
... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity ...
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... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes , in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . " At this man's table I ...
... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes , in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . " At this man's table I ...
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... tell her that her son Jervis called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and , without attending his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson , enraptured to hear her son was below ...
... tell her that her son Jervis called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and , without attending his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson , enraptured to hear her son was below ...
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... tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period : - " In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those AGE 28. ] 53 BOSWELL'S LIFE ...
... tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anecdote of this period : - " In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those AGE 28. ] 53 BOSWELL'S LIFE ...
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... tell a secret to a friend is no breach of fidelity , because the number of persons is not multiplied ; a man and his friend being virtually the same . - WRIGHT . 7 " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3rd . edit . p . 167. - BOSWELL ...
... tell a secret to a friend is no breach of fidelity , because the number of persons is not multiplied ; a man and his friend being virtually the same . - WRIGHT . 7 " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3rd . edit . p . 167. - BOSWELL ...
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