Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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Page 246
... writes very rapidly . * The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading , in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book . " I argued warmly against the Judges tra- ding , and mentioned Hale as an ...
... writes very rapidly . * The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading , in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book . " I argued warmly against the Judges tra- ding , and mentioned Hale as an ...
Page 257
... writing of old in the Highlands or Hebrides , in the Erse language , produce the manuscripts . Where men write , they will write to one an . other , and some of their letters , in families studious of their ancestry , will be kept . In ...
... writing of old in the Highlands or Hebrides , in the Erse language , produce the manuscripts . Where men write , they will write to one an . other , and some of their letters , in families studious of their ancestry , will be kept . In ...
Page 259
... write to me , or let your maid write , if it be troublesome to you . I am , dear madam , " Your most affectionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " Nov. 16 , 1775. " 66 TO THE SAME . " DEAR MADAM , in my possession . It is a diurnal ...
... write to me , or let your maid write , if it be troublesome to you . I am , dear madam , " Your most affectionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " Nov. 16 , 1775. " 66 TO THE SAME . " DEAR MADAM , in my possession . It is a diurnal ...
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