The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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James Boswell. necessary to keep a man decently as a scholar . We do not allow our fellows to marry , because we consider aca- demical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor ...
James Boswell. necessary to keep a man decently as a scholar . We do not allow our fellows to marry , because we consider aca- demical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor ...
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James Boswell. rally mixed , and therefore it must ever be liable to assault and misrepresentation . " On Friday , April 5th , being Good Friday , after having attended the morning service at St. Clement's church , I walked home with ...
James Boswell. rally mixed , and therefore it must ever be liable to assault and misrepresentation . " On Friday , April 5th , being Good Friday , after having attended the morning service at St. Clement's church , I walked home with ...
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James Boswell. would have afforded a very rich fund of instruction and entertainment . The suddenness with which his accounts of some of them started out in conversation , was not less pleasing than surprising . I remember he once ...
James Boswell. would have afforded a very rich fund of instruction and entertainment . The suddenness with which his accounts of some of them started out in conversation , was not less pleasing than surprising . I remember he once ...
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James Boswell. and I sat with him . Francis announced that a large packet was brought to him from the post - office , said to have come from Lisbon , and it was charged seven pounds ten shillings . He would not receive it , supposing it ...
James Boswell. and I sat with him . Francis announced that a large packet was brought to him from the post - office , said to have come from Lisbon , and it was charged seven pounds ten shillings . He would not receive it , supposing it ...
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James Boswell. thought , very unreasonably ; for he said , " I forced my- self to read it , only because it was a common topick of con- versation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style , it is fit for the second table . " Why ...
James Boswell. thought , very unreasonably ; for he said , " I forced my- self to read it , only because it was a common topick of con- versation . I found it mighty dull ; and , as to the style , it is fit for the second table . " Why ...
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