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I love the young dogs of this age , Truth will not afford sufficient food to their they have more wit and humour and knowvanity ; so they have betaken themselves to ledge of life than we had ; but then the dogs error .
I love the young dogs of this age , Truth will not afford sufficient food to their they have more wit and humour and knowvanity ; so they have betaken themselves to ledge of life than we had ; but then the dogs error .
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“ This Life of Dr. Young was written Such “ acknowledgements ( says my friend ) by a friend of his son . What is crossed never can be proper , since they must be with black is expunged by the author , what paid either for flattery or ...
“ This Life of Dr. Young was written Such “ acknowledgements ( says my friend ) by a friend of his son . What is crossed never can be proper , since they must be with black is expunged by the author , what paid either for flattery or ...
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I am , from Mr. Young : if unfavourable , nothing Sir , 66 Your most humble servant , was to be said , but if agreeable , I should " SAM . Johnson . return and notify it to them . I hastened to “ June 2 , 1781. " Mr. Young's , found he ...
I am , from Mr. Young : if unfavourable , nothing Sir , 66 Your most humble servant , was to be said , but if agreeable , I should " SAM . Johnson . return and notify it to them . I hastened to “ June 2 , 1781. " Mr. Young's , found 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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