The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 3Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... matter ; do favour us with it . " John- son , with great good humour , complied . He told them , " I found his Majesty wished I should talk , and I made it my business to talk . I find it does a man good to be talked to by his Sovereign ...
... matter ; do favour us with it . " John- son , with great good humour , complied . He told them , " I found his Majesty wished I should talk , and I made it my business to talk . I find it does a man good to be talked to by his Sovereign ...
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... matter of such indifference , a matter about which the people care so very little , that were a man to be sent over Britain to offer them an exemption from it at a halfpenny a piece , very few would purchase it . " This was a specimen ...
... matter of such indifference , a matter about which the people care so very little , that were a man to be sent over Britain to offer them an exemption from it at a halfpenny a piece , very few would purchase it . " This was a specimen ...
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... matter . It is not roguery to play with a man who is ignorant of the game , while you are master of it , and so win his money ; for he thinks he can play better than you , as you think you can play better than he ; and the su- periour ...
... matter . It is not roguery to play with a man who is ignorant of the game , while you are master of it , and so win his money ; for he thinks he can play better than you , as you think you can play better than he ; and the su- periour ...
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