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Page 109
... doubt that I can do it in three years . ADAMS . But the French Academy , which consists of forty members , took forty years to compile their Dictionary . JOHNSON . Sir , thus it is . This is the proportion . Let me see ; forty times ...
... doubt that I can do it in three years . ADAMS . But the French Academy , which consists of forty members , took forty years to compile their Dictionary . JOHNSON . Sir , thus it is . This is the proportion . Let me see ; forty times ...
Page 243
... doubt of the justice of his animadversion upon his old acquaintance and pupil.1 I now felt myself much mortified , and began to think , that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted . And , in truth ...
... doubt of the justice of his animadversion upon his old acquaintance and pupil.1 I now felt myself much mortified , and began to think , that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted . And , in truth ...
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... doubt not but you will think his sickness , or even his desire to see you , a sufficient reason for hastening your return . The longer we live , and the more we think , the higher value we learn to put on the friendship and tenderness ...
... doubt not but you will think his sickness , or even his desire to see you , a sufficient reason for hastening your return . The longer we live , and the more we think , the higher value we learn to put on the friendship and tenderness ...
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