“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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... obliged to do any more . No man is obliged to do as much as he can do . A man is to have part of his life to himself . If a soldier has fought a good many campaigns , he is not to be blamed if he retires to ease and tranquillity . A ...
... obliged to do any more . No man is obliged to do as much as he can do . A man is to have part of his life to himself . If a soldier has fought a good many campaigns , he is not to be blamed if he retires to ease and tranquillity . A ...
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... obliging letter upon this work , makes the following remark : " Dr. Johnson has alluded to the worthy man employed in the trans- lation of the New Testament . Might not this have afforded you an opportunity of paying a proper tribute of ...
... obliging letter upon this work , makes the following remark : " Dr. Johnson has alluded to the worthy man employed in the trans- lation of the New Testament . Might not this have afforded you an opportunity of paying a proper tribute of ...
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... obliged to Dr. Johnson for that : " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson himself had forgot . His Majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of this country ably executed , and ...
... obliged to Dr. Johnson for that : " for his Majesty had heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson himself had forgot . His Majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of this country ably executed , and ...
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... obliged to go to London , where I received his letter , which had been returned from Scotland . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " MY DEAR BOSWELL , Oxford , March 23 , 1768 . “ I have omitted a long time to write to you , without knowing ...
... obliged to go to London , where I received his letter , which had been returned from Scotland . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " MY DEAR BOSWELL , Oxford , March 23 , 1768 . “ I have omitted a long time to write to you , without knowing ...
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... obliging invitation , and found , at an elegant villa , six miles from town , every circumstance that can make society ... obliged to us for gardeners , almost all their good gardeners being Scotchmen - JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , that is ...
... obliging invitation , and found , at an elegant villa , six miles from town , every circumstance that can make society ... obliged to us for gardeners , almost all their good gardeners being Scotchmen - JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , that is ...
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