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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... present ; and that , therefore , to come to Jona , or to Jerusalem , though it may be useful , cannot be necessary . " Thus I have answered your letter , and have not answered it negligently . I love you too well to be careless when you ...
... present ; and that , therefore , to come to Jona , or to Jerusalem , though it may be useful , cannot be necessary . " Thus I have answered your letter , and have not answered it negligently . I love you too well to be careless when you ...
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... presents in Scot- land . You shall tell me to whom I shall 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 ...
... presents in Scot- land . You shall tell me to whom I shall 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 ...
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... him , to request his interposition in behalf of a convict , who I thought was very unjustly condemned . ever else is printed in Erse , that the present Etat . 65. ] 11 DR . JOHNSON . Might you not send me a copy by the post ...
... him , to request his interposition in behalf of a convict , who I thought was very unjustly condemned . ever else is printed in Erse , that the present Etat . 65. ] 11 DR . JOHNSON . Might you not send me a copy by the post ...
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... present may be complete . The donor's name should be told . " I wish you could have read the book before it was printed , but our distance does not easily permit it . " I am sorry Lord Hailes does not intend to publish Walton ; I am ...
... present may be complete . The donor's name should be told . " I wish you could have read the book before it was printed , but our distance does not easily permit it . " I am sorry Lord Hailes does not intend to publish Walton ; I am ...
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... , and I did not think on it . You see now it is done . I sent one to the King , and I hear he likes it . " I shall send a parcel into Scotland for presents c 3 Etat . 65. ] 17 DR . JOHNSON . "The plot is so well framed, the intricacy ...
... , and I did not think on it . You see now it is done . I sent one to the King , and I hear he likes it . " I shall send a parcel into Scotland for presents c 3 Etat . 65. ] 17 DR . JOHNSON . "The plot is so well framed, the intricacy ...
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