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 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... present ; and that , there- fore , to come to Jona , or to Jerusalem , though it may be useful , cannot be necessary . " Thus I have answered your letter , and have not answered it negligently . I love you too well to be care- less when ...
... present ; and that , there- fore , to come to Jona , or to Jerusalem , though it may be useful , cannot be necessary . " Thus I have answered your letter , and have not answered it negligently . I love you too well to be care- less when ...
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... presents in Scot- land . You shall tell me to whom I shall give ; and I have stipulated twenty - five for you to give in your own Some will take the present better from me , others better from you . In this , you who are to live in the ...
... presents in Scot- land . You shall tell me to whom I shall give ; and I have stipulated twenty - five for you to give in your own Some will take the present better from me , others better from you . In this , you who are to live in the ...
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... present may be complete . The donor's name should be told . " I wish you could have read the book before it was printed , but our distance does not easily permit it . " I am sorry Lord Hailes does not intend to publish Walton ; I am ...
... present may be complete . The donor's name should be told . " I wish you could have read the book before it was printed , but our distance does not easily permit it . " I am sorry Lord Hailes does not intend to publish Walton ; I am ...
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... presents , and intend to give to many of my friends . In your cata- logue you left out Lord Auchinleck . " Let me know , as fast as you read it , how you like it ; and let me know if any mistake is committed , or any thing important ...
... presents , and intend to give to many of my friends . In your cata- logue you left out Lord Auchinleck . " Let me know , as fast as you read it , how you like it ; and let me know if any mistake is committed , or any thing important ...
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... present extent and future consequences . The imperfect hints which now float in my mind , tend rather to the formation of an opinion that our government has been precipitant and severe in the resolutions taken against the Bostonians ...
... present extent and future consequences . The imperfect hints which now float in my mind , tend rather to the formation of an opinion that our government has been precipitant and severe in the resolutions taken against the Bostonians ...
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