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 ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... give ; and I have stipulated twenty - five for you to give in your own name . Some will take the present better from me , others better from you . In this , you who are to live in the place ought to direct . Consider it . What- ever you ...
... give ; and I have stipulated twenty - five for you to give in your own name . Some will take the present better from me , others better from you . In this , you who are to live in the place ought to direct . Consider it . What- ever you ...
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... give me an inscription suited to that particular scene ; or deter- mine which of the two formerly transmitted to you is the best ; and at any rate , favour me with an English translation . It will be doubly kind if you comply with my ...
... give me an inscription suited to that particular scene ; or deter- mine which of the two formerly transmitted to you is the best ; and at any rate , favour me with an English translation . It will be doubly kind if you comply with my ...
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... gives me much pleasure to hear that a re- publication of Isaac Walton's Lives is intended . You have been in a ... give shall be cheerfully bestowed , upon what I think a pious work , the preservation and elucidation of Walton , by ...
... gives me much pleasure to hear that a re- publication of Isaac Walton's Lives is intended . You have been in a ... give shall be cheerfully bestowed , upon what I think a pious work , the preservation and elucidation of Walton , by ...
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... give you ⚫ some account of myself , lest you should suspect me of negligence in the pressing business which I find recommended to my care , and which I knew nothing of till now , when all care is vain . ' " In the distribution of my ...
... give you ⚫ some account of myself , lest you should suspect me of negligence in the pressing business which I find recommended to my care , and which I knew nothing of till now , when all care is vain . ' " In the distribution of my ...
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... give an occasion to such a discursive exercise of his mind as our tour to the Hebrides . I do not find that he kept any journal or notes of what he saw there . All that I heard him say of it was , that " instead of bleak and barren ...
... give an occasion to such a discursive exercise of his mind as our tour to the Hebrides . I do not find that he kept any journal or notes of what he saw there . All that I heard him say of it was , that " instead of bleak and barren ...
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