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... proud to tion , all the greatest powers of the human have the honour of shewing one of my coun- mind are quiescent . ... what easy terms Johnson per- his hand ; so there is no exercise of inven . mitted me to live with him . tion .
... proud to tion , all the greatest powers of the human have the honour of shewing one of my coun- mind are quiescent . ... what easy terms Johnson per- his hand ; so there is no exercise of inven . mitted me to live with him . tion .
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Addison , in one of his Specta- tion . ” C. “ Holland is very unhealthy , yet tors , ' commends the judgment of a king , who it is excedingly populous . " Johnson : “ I as a suitable reward to a man that by long know not that Holland is ...
Addison , in one of his Specta- tion . ” C. “ Holland is very unhealthy , yet tors , ' commends the judgment of a king , who it is excedingly populous . " Johnson : “ I as a suitable reward to a man that by long know not that Holland is ...
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“ Sir , you will by and by have enough o . tion of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous this conversation which now delights you so works , he laughed , and said , “ Here are now much . ” two speeches ascribed to him , both of which As he ...
“ Sir , you will by and by have enough o . tion of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous this conversation which now delights you so works , he laughed , and said , “ Here are now much . ” two speeches ascribed to him , both of which As he ...
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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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