The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... reason to be offended ; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy , which had been intrusted to him in confidence ; and exposed a complaint of his young ...
... reason to be offended ; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy , which had been intrusted to him in confidence ; and exposed a complaint of his young ...
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... reason , the dis- turbance or obscuration of that faculty was the evil most to be dreaded . Insanity , therefore , was the object of his most dismal apprehension ; and he fancied himself seized by it , or approach- ing to it , at the ...
... reason , the dis- turbance or obscuration of that faculty was the evil most to be dreaded . Insanity , therefore , was the object of his most dismal apprehension ; and he fancied himself seized by it , or approach- ing to it , at the ...
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... reason to hope for out of my father's effects , previous to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers ...
... reason to hope for out of my father's effects , previous to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers ...
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... reason the marriage ceremony was not performed at Birmingham ; but a resolution was taken that it should be at Derby , for which place the bride and bridegroom set out on horseback , I suppose in very good humor . But though Mr. Topham ...
... reason the marriage ceremony was not performed at Birmingham ; but a resolution was taken that it should be at Derby , for which place the bride and bridegroom set out on horseback , I suppose in very good humor . But though Mr. Topham ...
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... reason has there been , both for him- self and his country , to rejoice that it did not succeed , as he might probably have wasted in obscurity those hours in which he after- wards produced his incomparable works . About this time he ...
... reason has there been , both for him- self and his country , to rejoice that it did not succeed , as he might probably have wasted in obscurity those hours in which he after- wards produced his incomparable works . About this time he ...
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