The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 58
... less ardent feelings than I have always avowed . TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , —Why do you charge me with unkind- ness ? I have omitted nothing that could do you good , or give you pleasure , unless it be that I have forborne to ...
... less ardent feelings than I have always avowed . TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , —Why do you charge me with unkind- ness ? I have omitted nothing that could do you good , or give you pleasure , unless it be that I have forborne to ...
Page 59
... less importance , wish you well with proportionate ardour in this crisis of your life . What I can contribute to your happiness , I should be very un- willing to withhold ; for I have always loved and valued you , and shall love you and ...
... less importance , wish you well with proportionate ardour in this crisis of your life . What I can contribute to your happiness , I should be very un- willing to withhold ; for I have always loved and valued you , and shall love you and ...
Page 61
... less can it instruct . Lord Monboddo , one of your Scotch judges , talked a great deal of such nonsense . I suffered him ; but I will not suffer you . " Boswell . " But , sir , does not Rous- seau talk such nonsense ? " JOHNSON . True ...
... less can it instruct . Lord Monboddo , one of your Scotch judges , talked a great deal of such nonsense . I suffered him ; but I will not suffer you . " Boswell . " But , sir , does not Rous- seau talk such nonsense ? " JOHNSON . True ...
Page 74
... less . Sir , that sympathetick feeling goes a very little way in depressing the mind . " I told him that I had dined lately at Foote's , who showed me a letter which he had received from Tom Davies , telling him that he had not been ...
... less . Sir , that sympathetick feeling goes a very little way in depressing the mind . " I told him that I had dined lately at Foote's , who showed me a letter which he had received from Tom Davies , telling him that he had not been ...
Page 76
... less BOSWELL . “ religion in the nation now , sir , than there was formerly ? " JOHNSON . " I don't know , sir , that there is . " Bos- WELL . For instance , there used to be a chaplain in every great family , which we do not find now ...
... less BOSWELL . “ religion in the nation now , sir , than there was formerly ? " JOHNSON . " I don't know , sir , that there is . " Bos- WELL . For instance , there used to be a chaplain in every great family , which we do not find now ...
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