The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 11
... Hope's delusive mine , As on we toil from day to day , By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away . " Well try'd through many a varying year , See Levett to the grave descend ; Officious , innocent , sincere , Of ...
... Hope's delusive mine , As on we toil from day to day , By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away . " Well try'd through many a varying year , See Levett to the grave descend ; Officious , innocent , sincere , Of ...
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... hope hereafter to see you often . I am , sir , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO EDMUND MALONE , ESQ . " 2d March , 1782 . " DEAR SIR , —I hope I grow better , and shall soon be able to enjoy the kindness of my friends ...
... hope hereafter to see you often . I am , sir , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO EDMUND MALONE , ESQ . " 2d March , 1782 . " DEAR SIR , —I hope I grow better , and shall soon be able to enjoy the kindness of my friends ...
Page 14
... hope your scenes are more cheerful . But whatever befalls us , though it is wise to be serious , it is useless and foolish , and perhaps sinful , to be gloomy . Let us , therefore , keep ourselves as easy as we can ; though the loss of ...
... hope your scenes are more cheerful . But whatever befalls us , though it is wise to be serious , it is useless and foolish , and perhaps sinful , to be gloomy . Let us , therefore , keep ourselves as easy as we can ; though the loss of ...
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... hope that the spring will recover me , and that in the summer I shall see Lichfield again , for I will not delay my visit another year to the end of autumn . " I have , by advertising , found poor Mr. Levett's brothers , in Yorkshire ...
... hope that the spring will recover me , and that in the summer I shall see Lichfield again , for I will not delay my visit another year to the end of autumn . " I have , by advertising , found poor Mr. Levett's brothers , in Yorkshire ...
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... hope that it never can be possible for me to forget him . July 22d , 1782 . " I am much delighted even with the small advances which dear Dr. Law- rence makes towards recovery . If we could have again but his mind , and his tongue in ...
... hope that it never can be possible for me to forget him . July 22d , 1782 . " I am much delighted even with the small advances which dear Dr. Law- rence makes towards recovery . If we could have again but his mind , and his tongue in ...
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