The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... give nothing for it worth your acceptance . I am , my dearest dear , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO MRS . THRALE . " [ 26th ] April , [ 1782 ] . " I have been very much out of order since you sent me away ; but why ...
... give nothing for it worth your acceptance . I am , my dearest dear , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO MRS . THRALE . " [ 26th ] April , [ 1782 ] . " I have been very much out of order since you sent me away ; but why ...
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... give probable hopes that they shall be disjoined by an easy separation . It was a principle among the an- cients , that acute diseases are from Heaven , and chronical from ourselves ; the dart of death , indeed , falls from Heaven , but ...
... give probable hopes that they shall be disjoined by an easy separation . It was a principle among the an- cients , that acute diseases are from Heaven , and chronical from ourselves ; the dart of death , indeed , falls from Heaven , but ...
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... give a set to Lord Hailes ? If I did not , I will do it out of these . What did you make of all your copy ? " Mrs. Thrale and the three misses are now , for the winter , in Argyll - street . Sir Joshua Reynolds has been out of order ...
... give a set to Lord Hailes ? If I did not , I will do it out of these . What did you make of all your copy ? " Mrs. Thrale and the three misses are now , for the winter , in Argyll - street . Sir Joshua Reynolds has been out of order ...
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... give any assistance to the authour , and for my own interest I resign it into your hands , and do not suppose that I shall ever see my name with regret where you shall think it proper to be put . " I think it , however , my duty to ...
... give any assistance to the authour , and for my own interest I resign it into your hands , and do not suppose that I shall ever see my name with regret where you shall think it proper to be put . " I think it , however , my duty to ...
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... give it away ; for industry is more promoted by spending money than by giving it away . A man who spends his money is sure he is doing good with it : he is not so sure when he gives it away . A man who spends ten thousand a year will do ...
... give it away ; for industry is more promoted by spending money than by giving it away . A man who spends his money is sure he is doing good with it : he is not so sure when he gives it away . A man who spends ten thousand a year will do ...
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