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Mr. Philip Metcalfe tells me , that when he has asked him for some money for
persons in distress , and Mr. Metcalfe has offered what Johnson thought too
much , he insisted on taking less , saying , “ No , no , sir ; we must not pamper
them .
Mr. Philip Metcalfe tells me , that when he has asked him for some money for
persons in distress , and Mr. Metcalfe has offered what Johnson thought too
much , he insisted on taking less , saying , “ No , no , sir ; we must not pamper
them .
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... again forget for so long a time your most humble servant , 56 SAMUEL
JOHNSON . " ' ( See ante , vol . iv . p . 447 , an allusion to Mr. Mudge's notes on
the Psalms , whence Mr. Chalmers very justly concludes that he is the person
meant .
... again forget for so long a time your most humble servant , 56 SAMUEL
JOHNSON . " ' ( See ante , vol . iv . p . 447 , an allusion to Mr. Mudge's notes on
the Psalms , whence Mr. Chalmers very justly concludes that he is the person
meant .
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There is no reason why any person should exert himself for a man who has
written a good book : he has not written it for ... This [ Yes , but it may be doubted
whether there were fourscore persons whom the society of Paris would admit to
be ...
There is no reason why any person should exert himself for a man who has
written a good book : he has not written it for ... This [ Yes , but it may be doubted
whether there were fourscore persons whom the society of Paris would admit to
be ...
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Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that the person employed
deserves it best ; so that if a man of merit at the bar does not get practice , it is
from errour , not from injustice . He is not neglected . A horse that is brought to
market ...
Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that the person employed
deserves it best ; so that if a man of merit at the bar does not get practice , it is
from errour , not from injustice . He is not neglected . A horse that is brought to
market ...
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... be added , that the reader not only hopes to find , but does find , in this very
entertaining Journal , much curious information , respecting persons and things ,
which he will in vain seck for in other books of the same period . - MALONE . to ...
... be added , that the reader not only hopes to find , but does find , in this very
entertaining Journal , much curious information , respecting persons and things ,
which he will in vain seck for in other books of the same period . - MALONE . to ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 5 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | John Wilson Croker |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2016 |
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