The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... pleased our Creator to give us . 66 If therefore the profession you have chosen has some unexpected inconveniencies , console yourself by reflecting that no profession is without them ; and that all the im- portunities and perplexities ...
... pleased our Creator to give us . 66 If therefore the profession you have chosen has some unexpected inconveniencies , console yourself by reflecting that no profession is without them ; and that all the im- portunities and perplexities ...
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... pleased , sir , to assure the worthy man who is employed in the new translation , that he has my wishes for his success ; and if here or at Oxford I can be of any use , that I shall think it more than honour to pro- mote his undertaking ...
... pleased , sir , to assure the worthy man who is employed in the new translation , that he has my wishes for his success ; and if here or at Oxford I can be of any use , that I shall think it more than honour to pro- mote his undertaking ...
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... pleased to let me know , from time to time , how this excellent design goes forward . " Make my compliments to young Mr. Drummond , whom I hope you will live to see such as you desire him . " I have not lately seen Mr. Elphinston , but ...
... pleased to let me know , from time to time , how this excellent design goes forward . " Make my compliments to young Mr. Drummond , whom I hope you will live to see such as you desire him . " I have not lately seen Mr. Elphinston , but ...
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... pleased to signify a desire that he should be told when Dr. Johnson came next to the library . Accord- ingly , the next time that Johnson did come , as soon as he was fairly engaged with a book , on which , while he sat by the fire , he ...
... pleased to signify a desire that he should be told when Dr. Johnson came next to the library . Accord- ingly , the next time that Johnson did come , as soon as he was fairly engaged with a book , on which , while he sat by the fire , he ...
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... pleased to take a great deal of trouble , and even had the minute laid before the king by lord Caermarthen , now duke of Leeds , then one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state , who announced to sir Francis the royal pleasure ...
... pleased to take a great deal of trouble , and even had the minute laid before the king by lord Caermarthen , now duke of Leeds , then one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state , who announced to sir Francis the royal pleasure ...
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