The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... DEAR SIR , -I sit down to answer your letter on the same day in which I received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied ...
... DEAR SIR , -I sit down to answer your letter on the same day in which I received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied ...
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... Dear Madam , -Mrs . Williams showed me your kind letter . This little habitation is now but a melancholy place , clouded with the gloom of disease and death . Of the four inmates , one has been suddenly snatched away ; two are oppressed ...
... Dear Madam , -Mrs . Williams showed me your kind letter . This little habitation is now but a melancholy place , clouded with the gloom of disease and death . Of the four inmates , one has been suddenly snatched away ; two are oppressed ...
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... dear madam , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO EDMUND MALONE , ESQ . 27th February , 1782 . " SIR , —I have for many weeks been so much out of order , that I have gone out only in a coach to Mrs. Thrale's , where I can ...
... dear madam , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO EDMUND MALONE , ESQ . 27th February , 1782 . " SIR , —I have for many weeks been so much out of order , that I have gone out only in a coach to Mrs. Thrale's , where I can ...
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... dear love , the omission of writing ; I hope to mend that and my other faults . Let me have your prayers . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Cobb , and Miss Adey , and Mr. Pearson , and the whole company of my friends . I am , my dear ...
... dear love , the omission of writing ; I hope to mend that and my other faults . Let me have your prayers . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Cobb , and Miss Adey , and Mr. Pearson , and the whole company of my friends . I am , my dear ...
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... dear Lucy . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Cobb , and Miss Adey , and my old friend , Hetty Bailey , and to all the Lichfield ladies . I am , dear madam , yours , affectionately , " SAM . JOHNSON . " Med . p . 203 . On the day on which ...
... dear Lucy . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Cobb , and Miss Adey , and my old friend , Hetty Bailey , and to all the Lichfield ladies . I am , dear madam , yours , affectionately , " SAM . JOHNSON . " Med . p . 203 . On the day on which ...
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