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have done a good thing and a wise thing . " He asserted , that the present was never a “ I have done a good thing , ( said the gentle . happy state to any human being ; but that , man , ) but I do not know that I have done ...
have done a good thing and a wise thing . " He asserted , that the present was never a “ I have done a good thing , ( said the gentle . happy state to any human being ; but that , man , ) but I do not know that I have done ...
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miserably written , as books in general then Boswell : “ I think , Sir , it is right to tell There is now an elegance of style one man of such a handsome thing , which universally diffused . No man now writes has been said of him by ...
miserably written , as books in general then Boswell : “ I think , Sir , it is right to tell There is now an elegance of style one man of such a handsome thing , which universally diffused . No man now writes has been said of him by ...
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Johnson : nothing of any thing . " but we don't know which half to be . Raising the wages of day - labourers is lieve . By his lying we lose not only our wrong ; for it does not make them live bet , reverence for him , but all comfort ...
Johnson : nothing of any thing . " but we don't know which half to be . Raising the wages of day - labourers is lieve . By his lying we lose not only our wrong ; for it does not make them live bet , reverence for him , but all comfort ...
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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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