The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 59
... hope something of a better sentiment , which I indulge in possessing such memorials of his good will towards me , having induced me to bind them in a parcel containing other select papers , and la- belled with the titles appertaining to ...
... hope something of a better sentiment , which I indulge in possessing such memorials of his good will towards me , having induced me to bind them in a parcel containing other select papers , and la- belled with the titles appertaining to ...
Page 61
... hope , that a mind comprehensive like yours will find leisure , amidst the cares of your important station , to enquire into many subjects of which the European world either thinks not at all , or thinks with deficient intelligence and ...
... hope , that a mind comprehensive like yours will find leisure , amidst the cares of your important station , to enquire into many subjects of which the European world either thinks not at all , or thinks with deficient intelligence and ...
Page 62
... hope of seeing both him and you again , which I am not willing to mingle with doubt , must at present comfort as it can , sir , " Your most humble servant , " March 30 , 1774. " " SAM . JOHNSON . TO THE SAME . " SIR , -Being informed ...
... hope of seeing both him and you again , which I am not willing to mingle with doubt , must at present comfort as it can , sir , " Your most humble servant , " March 30 , 1774. " " SAM . JOHNSON . TO THE SAME . " SIR , -Being informed ...
Page 68
... hope the boys would fall upon him , and apply the whip to him . There are gradations in conduct : there is morality , —decency , -propriety . None of these should be violated by a bishop . A bishop should not go to a house where he may ...
... hope the boys would fall upon him , and apply the whip to him . There are gradations in conduct : there is morality , —decency , -propriety . None of these should be violated by a bishop . A bishop should not go to a house where he may ...
Page 79
... hope he is happy ; but I have had a great loss . I am otherwise pretty well . I re- quire some care of myself , but that care is not ineffectual ; and when I am out of order , I think it often my own fault . " The spring is now making ...
... hope he is happy ; but I have had a great loss . I am otherwise pretty well . I re- quire some care of myself , but that care is not ineffectual ; and when I am out of order , I think it often my own fault . " The spring is now making ...
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