The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... mind of my debt to you . Why did ********** I will punish you for it , by telling you that your Latin wants correction ' . In the beginning , spei alteræ , not to urge that it should be primæ , is not grammatical : altera should be ...
... mind of my debt to you . Why did ********** I will punish you for it , by telling you that your Latin wants correction ' . In the beginning , spei alteræ , not to urge that it should be primæ , is not grammatical : altera should be ...
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... mind , which you will perhaps never be able to extract or eject . Take this warning ; it is of great importance . " The study of the law is what you very justly term it , copious and generous " ; and in adding your name to its ...
... mind , which you will perhaps never be able to extract or eject . Take this warning ; it is of great importance . " The study of the law is what you very justly term it , copious and generous " ; and in adding your name to its ...
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... Mind your own affairs , and leave the Corsicans to theirs . I am , dear sir , " Your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " London , Aug. 21 , 1766. " TO DR , SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Auchinleck , Nov. 6 , 1766 . " MUCH ESTEEMED AND DEAR ...
... Mind your own affairs , and leave the Corsicans to theirs . I am , dear sir , " Your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " London , Aug. 21 , 1766. " TO DR , SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Auchinleck , Nov. 6 , 1766 . " MUCH ESTEEMED AND DEAR ...
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... of Dr. Johnson , p . 596 , where it is difficult to say whether imbecility or malignity of mind is predomi- nant.-ED. " Whatever you advance within ten pounds shall be immediately 28 [ 1766 . THE LIFE OF TO THE SAME. ...
... of Dr. Johnson , p . 596 , where it is difficult to say whether imbecility or malignity of mind is predomi- nant.-ED. " Whatever you advance within ten pounds shall be immediately 28 [ 1766 . THE LIFE OF TO THE SAME. ...
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... mind are at once excited to vigorous exertion , and tempered by reverential awe . During all the time in which Dr. Johnson was employed in relating to the circle at sir Joshua Reynolds's the par- ticulars of what passed between the king ...
... mind are at once excited to vigorous exertion , and tempered by reverential awe . During all the time in which Dr. Johnson was employed in relating to the circle at sir Joshua Reynolds's the par- ticulars of what passed between the king ...
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