Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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... expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children , who were at a great distance from me , might perhaps be ill . " Sir , " said he , " consider how foolish you would think it ...
... expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children , who were at a great distance from me , might perhaps be ill . " Sir , " said he , " consider how foolish you would think it ...
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... expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get 2007. or 500l . by such a work . " This showed both that a journal of his Tour upon the ...
... expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get 2007. or 500l . by such a work . " This showed both that a journal of his Tour upon the ...
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... expressed a wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , " Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks ...
... expressed a wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , " Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks ...
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... expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition under the title of " Select Works of Abraham Cowley . " VOL . III . C Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent , observing , AGE 67.1 17 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF ...
... expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition under the title of " Select Works of Abraham Cowley . " VOL . III . C Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent , observing , AGE 67.1 17 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF ...
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... expressed the highest admiration , ' Well , Sir , ' said I , ' I have omitted every other line . " " I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's , in 1762. Gold ...
... expressed the highest admiration , ' Well , Sir , ' said I , ' I have omitted every other line . " " I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's , in 1762. Gold ...
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