Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... London , " and he felt the hardships of writing for bread ; he was , therefore , willing to resume the office of a schoolmaster , so as to have a sure , though moderate , income for his life ; and an offer being made to him of the mas ...
... London , " and he felt the hardships of writing for bread ; he was , therefore , willing to resume the office of a schoolmaster , so as to have a sure , though moderate , income for his life ; and an offer being made to him of the mas ...
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... London , he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford . " To obviate his apprehension , that by set- tling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors , I assured him that I had old feudal principles to a ...
... London , he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford . " To obviate his apprehension , that by set- tling in London I might desert the seat of my ancestors , I assured him that I had old feudal principles to a ...
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... London is no- thing to some people ; but to a man whose pleasure is intellectual , London is the place . And there is no place where economy can be so well practised as in London : more can be had here for the money , even by ladies ...
... London is no- thing to some people ; but to a man whose pleasure is intellectual , London is the place . And there is no place where economy can be so well practised as in London : more can be had here for the money , even by ladies ...
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