The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... heard of any one of his friends having been entertained at his table . He told me , " I generally have a meat - pie on Sunday : it is baked at a public oven , which is very properly allowed , because one man can attend it ; and thus the ...
... heard of any one of his friends having been entertained at his table . He told me , " I generally have a meat - pie on Sunday : it is baked at a public oven , which is very properly allowed , because one man can attend it ; and thus the ...
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... heard of them . This is owing to their not being sold . People seldom read a book which is given to them ; a few are given . The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price . No man will send to buy a thing that costs even ...
... heard of them . This is owing to their not being sold . People seldom read a book which is given to them ; a few are given . The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price . No man will send to buy a thing that costs even ...
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... heard you patiently for an hour : pray allow us now to hear him . " JOHNSON ( sternly ) : " Sir , I was not interrupting the gentleman . I was only giving him a signal of my attention . Sir , you are im- pertinent . " Goldsmith made no ...
... heard you patiently for an hour : pray allow us now to hear him . " JOHNSON ( sternly ) : " Sir , I was not interrupting the gentleman . I was only giving him a signal of my attention . Sir , you are im- pertinent . " Goldsmith made no ...
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... heard him once say , " I have great merit in being zealous for subordination and the honours of birth ; for I can hardly tell who was my grandfather . " He maintained the dignity and propriety of male succession , in opposition to the ...
... heard him once say , " I have great merit in being zealous for subordination and the honours of birth ; for I can hardly tell who was my grandfather . " He maintained the dignity and propriety of male succession , in opposition to the ...
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... nor from you . No account of the little borough . Nothing of the Erse language . I have yet heard nothing of my box . 1 The ancient Burgh of Prestick in Ayrshire . B. " You must make haste and gather me all you DAVIES'S PUBLICATION ...
... nor from you . No account of the little borough . Nothing of the Erse language . I have yet heard nothing of my box . 1 The ancient Burgh of Prestick in Ayrshire . B. " You must make haste and gather me all you DAVIES'S PUBLICATION ...
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