The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 37
... less welcome there , but because she , and he with her , were leaving Streatham We shall see by and by , that when Mr. Boswell came to town , six months after this , he found his friend domiciliated in Mrs. Thrale's new residence in ...
... less welcome there , but because she , and he with her , were leaving Streatham We shall see by and by , that when Mr. Boswell came to town , six months after this , he found his friend domiciliated in Mrs. Thrale's new residence in ...
Page 42
... less . Resolve never to be poor . Frugality is not only the basis of quiet , but of beneficence . No man can help others that wants help himself . We must have enough before we have to spare . " I am glad to find that Mrs. Boswell grows ...
... less . Resolve never to be poor . Frugality is not only the basis of quiet , but of beneficence . No man can help others that wants help himself . We must have enough before we have to spare . " I am glad to find that Mrs. Boswell grows ...
Page 45
... , as yet , no sign of that unhappy insanity ( for it seems nothing less ) which produced Mrs. Thrale's second marriage : see p . 37 , note.-ED. ] was a sufficient reason for his going on thus : 1783. - ÆTAT . 74 . 45.
... , as yet , no sign of that unhappy insanity ( for it seems nothing less ) which produced Mrs. Thrale's second marriage : see p . 37 , note.-ED. ] was a sufficient reason for his going on thus : 1783. - ÆTAT . 74 . 45.
Page 56
... less beef to - day , because you have written down what it cost yesterday . " I mentioned another lady who thought as he did , so that her hus- band could not get her to keep an account of the expense of the family , as she thought it ...
... less beef to - day , because you have written down what it cost yesterday . " I mentioned another lady who thought as he did , so that her hus- band could not get her to keep an account of the expense of the family , as she thought it ...
Page 57
... less necessary than others . This he did not attempt to answer . 66 Talking of an acquaintance of ours , whose nar- ratives , which abounded in curious and interesting topicks , were unhappily found to be very fabulous ; I mentioned ...
... less necessary than others . This he did not attempt to answer . 66 Talking of an acquaintance of ours , whose nar- ratives , which abounded in curious and interesting topicks , were unhappily found to be very fabulous ; I mentioned ...
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