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... madam , your , & c . for vain is the help of man . dear sir , & c . LETTER XXXIV . I am , Dr. Johnson to Miss Boothby . January 1 , 1755 . LETTER XXXVI . Dr. Johnson to the Right Honoura- ble the Earl of Chesterfield . My lord ...
... madam , your , & c . for vain is the help of man . dear sir , & c . LETTER XXXIV . I am , Dr. Johnson to Miss Boothby . January 1 , 1755 . LETTER XXXVI . Dr. Johnson to the Right Honoura- ble the Earl of Chesterfield . My lord ...
Page 185
... madam , ing governed by the justice of his should we not feel it , if we did not cause . The moderns too seldom re- see it ? " For which reason , such is gard that at all ; and care for nothing your pride , you will not allow us any ...
... madam , ing governed by the justice of his should we not feel it , if we did not cause . The moderns too seldom re- see it ? " For which reason , such is gard that at all ; and care for nothing your pride , you will not allow us any ...
Page 234
... Madam , Salisbury , Aug. 3 , 1730 . meaning men , often do the very same things which wicked men do , and which are in them allowed to be wicked and inexcusable . How they should be excusable or praise - wor- thy in others ; or why Mr ...
... Madam , Salisbury , Aug. 3 , 1730 . meaning men , often do the very same things which wicked men do , and which are in them allowed to be wicked and inexcusable . How they should be excusable or praise - wor- thy in others ; or why Mr ...
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