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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... mind through the rest of the year . 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ " DEAR SIR , [ Not dated , but written about the 15th of March . ] " I AM ashamed to think that since I received your letter I have passed so many days without an- swering it ...
... mind through the rest of the year . 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ " DEAR SIR , [ Not dated , but written about the 15th of March . ] " I AM ashamed to think that since I received your letter I have passed so many days without an- swering it ...
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... mind can fully delight in . " What improvement you might gain by coming to London , you may easily supply or easily compen- sate , by enjoining yourself some particular study at home , or opening some new avenue to information ...
... mind can fully delight in . " What improvement you might gain by coming to London , you may easily supply or easily compen- sate , by enjoining yourself some particular study at home , or opening some new avenue to information ...
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... mind is wholly disengaged , of local sanctity and local de- votion . You know what strange effects they have produced over a great part of the Christian world . I am now writing , and you , when you read this , are reading under the Eye ...
... mind is wholly disengaged , of local sanctity and local de- votion . You know what strange effects they have produced over a great part of the Christian world . I am now writing , and you , when you read this , are reading under the Eye ...
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... mind . His debts began to be heavy , and all his resources were exhausted . Sir Joshua is of opinion that he owed not less than two thousand pounds . Was ever poet so trusted before ? " You may , if you please , put the inscription thus ...
... mind . His debts began to be heavy , and all his resources were exhausted . Sir Joshua is of opinion that he owed not less than two thousand pounds . Was ever poet so trusted before ? " You may , if you please , put the inscription thus ...
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... mind , that my picture is a representation of a particular scene in her history ; her being forced to resign her crown , while she was im- prisoned in the castle of Lochlevin . I must , there- fore , beg that you will be kind enough to ...
... mind , that my picture is a representation of a particular scene in her history ; her being forced to resign her crown , while she was im- prisoned in the castle of Lochlevin . I must , there- fore , beg that you will be kind enough to ...
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