The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... he sees this , and in consternation calls me to look ordered imagination ; but if a man tells me that at it , I pronounce him to be mad . " It is a common effect of low spirits or melan- 8 [ 1729 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... he sees this , and in consternation calls me to look ordered imagination ; but if a man tells me that at it , I pronounce him to be mad . " It is a common effect of low spirits or melan- 8 [ 1729 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... look , said , " You had better buy a porter's knot . " He however added , " Wilcox was one of my best friends . " - BOSWELL . Ofellus was a philosophic countryman , commemo- rated by Horace , Sat. ii . lib . 2. - BOSWELL . The ...
... look , said , " You had better buy a porter's knot . " He however added , " Wilcox was one of my best friends . " - BOSWELL . Ofellus was a philosophic countryman , commemo- rated by Horace , Sat. ii . lib . 2. - BOSWELL . The ...
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... look over this poem with another eye , and reward it in a different manner from a mercenary bookseller , who counts the lines he is to purchase , and con- siders nothing but the bulk . I cannot help taking notice that besides what the ...
... look over this poem with another eye , and reward it in a different manner from a mercenary bookseller , who counts the lines he is to purchase , and con- siders nothing but the bulk . I cannot help taking notice that besides what the ...
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... looks upon you as one of her best friends . " I was to - day with Mr. Dodsley , who de- clares very warmly in favour of the paper you sent him , which he desires to have a share in , it being , as he says , a creditable thing to be con ...
... looks upon you as one of her best friends . " I was to - day with Mr. Dodsley , who de- clares very warmly in favour of the paper you sent him , which he desires to have a share in , it being , as he says , a creditable thing to be con ...
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... look upon this , and on the future interest of that mortgage , as my own debt ; and beg that you will be pleased to give me directions how to pay it , and not mention it to my dear mother . If it be necessary to pay this in less time ...
... look upon this , and on the future interest of that mortgage , as my own debt ; and beg that you will be pleased to give me directions how to pay it , and not mention it to my dear mother . If it be necessary to pay this in less time ...
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