“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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... hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home , and expect such welcome as is due to him , whom a wise and noble curiosity has led , where perhaps no native of this country ever was before . " I have no ...
... hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home , and expect such welcome as is due to him , whom a wise and noble curiosity has led , where perhaps no native of this country ever was before . " I have no ...
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... hear it ; we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; I have forgot it . " Such specimens of the easy and playful conversation of the great Dr. Samuel Johnson , are , I think , to be prized , as exhibiting the little varieties ...
... hear it ; we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; I have forgot it . " Such specimens of the easy and playful conversation of the great Dr. Samuel Johnson , are , I think , to be prized , as exhibiting the little varieties ...
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... hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have ...
... hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have ...
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... hear from him till he had received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : - " DEAR SIR , ** " TO ...
... hear from him till he had received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : - " DEAR SIR , ** " TO ...
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... hear that it could be , in an assembly convened for the propagation of Christian knowledge , a question whether any nation uninstructed in religion should receive instruction ; or whether that instruction should be imparted to them by a ...
... hear that it could be , in an assembly convened for the propagation of Christian knowledge , a question whether any nation uninstructed in religion should receive instruction ; or whether that instruction should be imparted to them by a ...
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