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If I could have al- flection , but a true one , that I knew almost lowed myself to gratify my vanity at the as much at eighteen as I do now . My judgeexpense of truth , what fame might I have ment , to be sure , was not so good ...
If I could have al- flection , but a true one , that I knew almost lowed myself to gratify my vanity at the as much at eighteen as I do now . My judgeexpense of truth , what fame might I have ment , to be sure , was not so good ...
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That the rules are sometimes ill stood for some time laughing and exulting . observed , may be true ; but is nothing I told him that I had several times , when against the system . The members of a in Italy , seen the experiment of ...
That the rules are sometimes ill stood for some time laughing and exulting . observed , may be true ; but is nothing I told him that I had several times , when against the system . The members of a in Italy , seen the experiment of ...
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true . : : a make him unhappy ? ” Johnson : “ Per said , the evidence was irresistible . My wife haps , Sir , I should not ; but that would be went to the Hummums ; ( it is a place where from prudence on my own account .
true . : : a make him unhappy ? ” Johnson : “ Per said , the evidence was irresistible . My wife haps , Sir , I should not ; but that would be went to the Hummums ; ( it is a place where from prudence on my own account .
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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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