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... desire of giving useful pleasure . " ( 1 ) The bargain was for two hundred guineas , and the book- sellers spontaneously added a third_hundred ; on this occasion Dr. Johnson observed to me , " Sir , I always said the booksellers were a ...
... desire of giving useful pleasure . " ( 1 ) The bargain was for two hundred guineas , and the book- sellers spontaneously added a third_hundred ; on this occasion Dr. Johnson observed to me , " Sir , I always said the booksellers were a ...
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... desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires , ' ollow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was gone , ly pride struck out new sparkles of her own . uch was I , such by nature still I am ; e thine the glory and be mine the ...
... desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires , ' ollow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was gone , ly pride struck out new sparkles of her own . uch was I , such by nature still I am ; e thine the glory and be mine the ...
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... desire to destine them . 66 My promise was pledged with the condition , that if the letters were found to contain any thing which should render them improper for the public eye , you would dispense with the performance of it . You will ...
... desire to destine them . 66 My promise was pledged with the condition , that if the letters were found to contain any thing which should render them improper for the public eye , you would dispense with the performance of it . You will ...
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... desires and luxury en- joys . But my knowledge of them is too scanty to fur- nish me with proper topics of inquiry : I can only wish for information ; and hope that a mind compre- ( 1 ) Afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of his ...
... desires and luxury en- joys . But my knowledge of them is too scanty to fur- nish me with proper topics of inquiry : I can only wish for information ; and hope that a mind compre- ( 1 ) Afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of his ...
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... , which at the longest is very short , shall come to an end , a better may begin which shall never end . " On Friday , April 6. , he carried me to dine at a club which , at his desire , had been lately 62 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... , which at the longest is very short , shall come to an end , a better may begin which shall never end . " On Friday , April 6. , he carried me to dine at a club which , at his desire , had been lately 62 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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