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Dear Sir , — These black fits of which you complain perhaps hurt your memory as
well as your imagination . When did I complain that your letters were too long y ?
Your last letter , after a very long delay , brought very bad news . [ Here a series ...
Dear Sir , — These black fits of which you complain perhaps hurt your memory as
well as your imagination . When did I complain that your letters were too long y ?
Your last letter , after a very long delay , brought very bad news . [ Here a series ...
Page 73
I do not now say any more , than that I am , with great kindness and sincerity ,
dear sir , “ Your humble servant , “ SAM . JOHNSON . “ July 2 , 1776 . “ It was last
year determined by lord Mansfield , in the court of king ' s bench , that a negro ...
I do not now say any more , than that I am , with great kindness and sincerity ,
dear sir , “ Your humble servant , “ SAM . JOHNSON . “ July 2 , 1776 . “ It was last
year determined by lord Mansfield , in the court of king ' s bench , that a negro ...
Page 74
MY DEAR SIR , - Your letter of the second of this month was rather a harsh
medicine ; but I was delighted with that spontaneous tenderness , which , a few
days afterwards , sent forth such balsam as your next brought me . I found myself
for ...
MY DEAR SIR , - Your letter of the second of this month was rather a harsh
medicine ; but I was delighted with that spontaneous tenderness , which , a few
days afterwards , sent forth such balsam as your next brought me . I found myself
for ...
Page 77
DEAR SIR , — Having spent about six weeks at this Why his lordship uses the
epithet pleasantly , when speaking of a grave piece of reasoning , I cannot
conceive . But different men have different notions of pleasantry . I happened to
sit by a ...
DEAR SIR , — Having spent about six weeks at this Why his lordship uses the
epithet pleasantly , when speaking of a grave piece of reasoning , I cannot
conceive . But different men have different notions of pleasantry . I happened to
sit by a ...
Page 78
DEAR SIR , - I had great pleasure in hearing that you are at last on good terms
with your father . Cultivate his kindness by all honest and manly means . Life is
but short ; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorrow , or
contests ...
DEAR SIR , - I had great pleasure in hearing that you are at last on good terms
with your father . Cultivate his kindness by all honest and manly means . Life is
but short ; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorrow , or
contests ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 3 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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