“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: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... account of the infidelity of his servant , who , he said , would not believe the scriptures , because he could not read them in the original tongues , and be sure that they were not invented : - " AGE 57. ] BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... account of the infidelity of his servant , who , he said , would not believe the scriptures , because he could not read them in the original tongues , and be sure that they were not invented : - " AGE 57. ] BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... believe him to be prosperous . I shall be glad to hear the same of you , for I am , Sir , " Your affectionate humble servant , TO THE SAME . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " SIR , London , Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , Oct. 24 , 1767 . " I ...
... believe him to be prosperous . I shall be glad to hear the same of you , for I am , Sir , " Your affectionate humble servant , TO THE SAME . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " SIR , London , Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , Oct. 24 , 1767 . " I ...
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... believe my opinion , if you think well of my judgment , might have given you pleasure ; but when it is considered how much vanity is excited by praise , I am not sure that it would have done you good . Your history is like other ...
... believe my opinion , if you think well of my judgment , might have given you pleasure ; but when it is considered how much vanity is excited by praise , I am not sure that it would have done you good . Your history is like other ...
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... believe was seriously vain of it , for his mind was wonderfully prone to such impres- sions , Come , come , " said Garrick , 66 6 66 talk no more of that . You are perhaps the worst - eh , eh ! " Gold- smith was eagerly attempting to ...
... believe was seriously vain of it , for his mind was wonderfully prone to such impres- sions , Come , come , " said Garrick , 66 6 66 talk no more of that . You are perhaps the worst - eh , eh ! " Gold- smith was eagerly attempting to ...
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... believe all the thirty - nine articles ? " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , that is a question which has been much agitated . Some have thought it necessary that they should all be believed ; others have considered them to be only articles of ...
... believe all the thirty - nine articles ? " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , that is a question which has been much agitated . Some have thought it necessary that they should all be believed ; others have considered them to be only articles of ...
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