The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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James Boswell. love . " We then talked of marrying women of fortune ; and I mentioned a common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be propor ...
James Boswell. love . " We then talked of marrying women of fortune ; and I mentioned a common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be propor ...
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James Boswell. On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to different professions , he told me , " I learnt what I know of law chiefly from Mr. Ballow , a very able man . I learnt some too from ...
James Boswell. On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to different professions , he told me , " I learnt what I know of law chiefly from Mr. Ballow , a very able man . I learnt some too from ...
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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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James Boswell. the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian , the Persian , the Grecian , and the Roman . - All our religion , almost all our law , almost all our arts , almost all that sets us above savages , has come to us from ...
James Boswell. the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian , the Persian , the Grecian , and the Roman . - All our religion , almost all our law , almost all our arts , almost all that sets us above savages , has come to us from ...
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James Boswell. X the difference between what men in general cannot do if they would , and what every man may do if he would . Sixteen - string Jack towered above the common mark . " BOSWELL . " Then , sir , what is poetry ? " JOHNSON ...
James Boswell. X the difference between what men in general cannot do if they would , and what every man may do if he would . Sixteen - string Jack towered above the common mark . " BOSWELL . " Then , sir , what is poetry ? " JOHNSON ...
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