The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... obliged to be at the expense of purchasing their own clothes , have much lower wages than men servants , to whom a great proportion of that article is furnished , and when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male ...
... obliged to be at the expense of purchasing their own clothes , have much lower wages than men servants , to whom a great proportion of that article is furnished , and when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male ...
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... oblige people to take oaths as to the disputed right , is wrong . I know not whether I could take them but I do not blame those who do . " So conscientious and so delicate was he upon this subject , which has occasioned so much clamour ...
... oblige people to take oaths as to the disputed right , is wrong . I know not whether I could take them but I do not blame those who do . " So conscientious and so delicate was he upon this subject , which has occasioned so much clamour ...
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... obliged to temporize . " BOSWELL : " I rather think , Sir , that Toryism prevails in this reign . ' JOHNSON " I know not why you should think so , Sir . You see your friend Lord Lyttelton , a nobleman , is obliged in his History to ...
... obliged to temporize . " BOSWELL : " I rather think , Sir , that Toryism prevails in this reign . ' JOHNSON " I know not why you should think so , Sir . You see your friend Lord Lyttelton , a nobleman , is obliged in his History to ...
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... obliged to own his cursory mode of reading , answered tartly , " No , Sir ; do you read books through ? " " He this day again defended duelling , and put his argu- ment upon what I have ever thought the most solid basis ; that if public ...
... obliged to own his cursory mode of reading , answered tartly , " No , Sir ; do you read books through ? " " He this day again defended duelling , and put his argu- ment upon what I have ever thought the most solid basis ; that if public ...
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... obliging correspondent , Mr. Abercrombie , of Philadelphia , has pointed out to me the following passage in Menagiana ; which renders the preceding conjecture unnecessary , and confirms my original statement : " Madme de Bourdonne ...
... obliging correspondent , Mr. Abercrombie , of Philadelphia , has pointed out to me the following passage in Menagiana ; which renders the preceding conjecture unnecessary , and confirms my original statement : " Madme de Bourdonne ...
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