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Mrs. Porter In a man whom religious education has was so much engaged by his conversation secured from licentious indulgences , the that she overlooked all these external disadpassion of love , when once it has seized him , vantages ...
Mrs. Porter In a man whom religious education has was so much engaged by his conversation secured from licentious indulgences , the that she overlooked all these external disadpassion of love , when once it has seized him , vantages ...
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If I am rightly inform“ He ( sometimes displays ) descends to dis- ed , after a careful inquiry , they never met play his knowledge with pedantic ostenta- but once , which was at the house of Mrs. tion . French , in London , well known ...
If I am rightly inform“ He ( sometimes displays ) descends to dis- ed , after a careful inquiry , they never met play his knowledge with pedantic ostenta- but once , which was at the house of Mrs. tion . French , in London , well known ...
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When I once talked to him of some of the I told him I should send him some “ Es- sayings which every body repeats ... JOHNSON : “ Nay , Sir , send me that he was once offered ten guineas to me only the good ones ; dont make me pick ...
When I once talked to him of some of the I told him I should send him some “ Es- sayings which every body repeats ... JOHNSON : “ Nay , Sir , send me that he was once offered ten guineas to me only the good ones ; dont make me pick ...
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| Title | Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | H. Washbourne, 1857 |
| Length | 580 pages |
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