The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... hear some account of me . I performed the journey to London with very little inconvenience , and came safe to my habitation , where I found nothing but ill health , and , of consequence , very little cheerfulness . I then went to visit ...
... hear some account of me . I performed the journey to London with very little inconvenience , and came safe to my habitation , where I found nothing but ill health , and , of consequence , very little cheerfulness . I then went to visit ...
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... hear my prayers , and enable me to trust in Thee . [ This probably refers to some property in Virginia which Mr. Paradise possessed in right of his wife , and which had been confiscated . See Jefferson's Letters , where he advocates ...
... hear my prayers , and enable me to trust in Thee . [ This probably refers to some property in Virginia which Mr. Paradise possessed in right of his wife , and which had been confiscated . See Jefferson's Letters , where he advocates ...
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... hear without emotion of the removal of any one , whom I have known , into another state . you " Your father's death had every circumstance that could enable you to bear it ; it was at a mature age , and it was ex- pected ; and as his ...
... hear without emotion of the removal of any one , whom I have known , into another state . you " Your father's death had every circumstance that could enable you to bear it ; it was at a mature age , and it was ex- pected ; and as his ...
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... hear , of three thousand . Did I 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 ...
... hear , of three thousand . Did I 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 ...
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... hear him talk thus of himself , and said , " I don't know , sir , how this may be ; but I am sure you beat other people's cards out of their hands . " I doubt whether he heard this remark . While we went on talking triumphantly , I was ...
... hear him talk thus of himself , and said , " I don't know , sir , how this may be ; but I am sure you beat other people's cards out of their hands . " I doubt whether he heard this remark . While we went on talking triumphantly , I was ...
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