Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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Page 3
... death of an old schoolfellow , and one with whom he had lived a good deal in London , would have affected my fellow traveller much ; but he only said , “ Ah ! poor Jamy . " Afterwards , however , when we were in the chaise , he said ...
... death of an old schoolfellow , and one with whom he had lived a good deal in London , would have affected my fellow traveller much ; but he only said , “ Ah ! poor Jamy . " Afterwards , however , when we were in the chaise , he said ...
Page 12
... death , he took to dissipation and gaming , and lost all he had . One evening he lost 1000l . to a gentleman whose name I am sorry I have forgotten . Next morning he sent the gentle- man 500l . , with an apology that it was all he had ...
... death , he took to dissipation and gaming , and lost all he had . One evening he lost 1000l . to a gentleman whose name I am sorry I have forgotten . Next morning he sent the gentle- man 500l . , with an apology that it was all he had ...
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... death and the grave , proclaimed immortality to mankind . I repeated to him an argument of a lady of my acquaintance , who maintained that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infideli- ties , released her from conjugal ...
... death and the grave , proclaimed immortality to mankind . I repeated to him an argument of a lady of my acquaintance , who maintained that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infideli- ties , released her from conjugal ...
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... death , pub- lished by some person who had been about him , and , for the sake of a little hasty profit , was fallaciously advertised , so as to make it be believed to have been written by Johnson himself . I said , I disliked the ...
... death , pub- lished by some person who had been about him , and , for the sake of a little hasty profit , was fallaciously advertised , so as to make it be believed to have been written by Johnson himself . I said , I disliked the ...
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... death by attrition ; and that , therefore , the way to preserve life is to retard pulsation . But we know that pulsation is strongest in infants , and that we increase in growth while it operates in its regular course ; so it cannot be ...
... death by attrition ; and that , therefore , the way to preserve life is to retard pulsation . But we know that pulsation is strongest in infants , and that we increase in growth while it operates in its regular course ; so it cannot be ...
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