The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... pleasure ; the vanity will end in shame , and the plea- sure in regret : stay therefore at home , till you have saved money for your journey hither . " The Beauties of Johnson are said to have got money to the collector ; if the ...
... pleasure ; the vanity will end in shame , and the plea- sure in regret : stay therefore at home , till you have saved money for your journey hither . " The Beauties of Johnson are said to have got money to the collector ; if the ...
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... pleasure from the summer . How happy would it be if we could see one another , and be all tolerably well . " Let us pray for one another . I am , dearest ladies , your most obliged and most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " DR ...
... pleasure from the summer . How happy would it be if we could see one another , and be all tolerably well . " Let us pray for one another . I am , dearest ladies , your most obliged and most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " DR ...
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... pleasure or mine , I know not how I could have honestly advised you to come hither with borrowed money . Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience ; you will find it a calamity . Poverty takes away so many means ...
... pleasure or mine , I know not how I could have honestly advised you to come hither with borrowed money . Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience ; you will find it a calamity . Poverty takes away so many means ...
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... pleasure . " " Oxford , 12th June , 1782 . " I find no particular salubrity in this air ; my respiration is very laborious ; my appetite is good , and my sleep commonly long and quiet ; but a very little motion disables me . " I dine to ...
... pleasure . " " Oxford , 12th June , 1782 . " I find no particular salubrity in this air ; my respiration is very laborious ; my appetite is good , and my sleep commonly long and quiet ; but a very little motion disables me . " I dine to ...
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... pleasure increase both , but you cannot easily diminish them . Do not think your estate your own , while any man can call upon you for money which you cannot pay : therefore , begin with timorous parsimony . Let it be your first care ...
... pleasure increase both , but you cannot easily diminish them . Do not think your estate your own , while any man can call upon you for money which you cannot pay : therefore , begin with timorous parsimony . Let it be your first care ...
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