The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 251
... heard a voice cry , ' Johnson , you are a very wicked fellow , and unless you repent you will certainly be punished ; ' my own unworthiness is so deeply impressed upon my mind , that I might imagine I thus saw and heard , and therefore ...
... heard a voice cry , ' Johnson , you are a very wicked fellow , and unless you repent you will certainly be punished ; ' my own unworthiness is so deeply impressed upon my mind , that I might imagine I thus saw and heard , and therefore ...
Page 267
... heard him once say , " that after the death of a violent Whig , with whom he used to contend with great eagerness , he felt his Toryism much abated , " I suppose he meant Mr. Walmsley . " 1 Yet there is no doubt that at earlier periods ...
... heard him once say , " that after the death of a violent Whig , with whom he used to contend with great eagerness , he felt his Toryism much abated , " I suppose he meant Mr. Walmsley . " 1 Yet there is no doubt that at earlier periods ...
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... heard of Gold- smith . It is difficult to get literary fame , and it is every day growing more difficult . Ah , Sir , that should make a man think of securing happiness in another world , which all who try sincerely for it may attain ...
... heard of Gold- smith . It is difficult to get literary fame , and it is every day growing more difficult . Ah , Sir , that should make a man think of securing happiness in another world , which all who try sincerely for it may attain ...
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