The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 4Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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... afterwards I should have done better for myself . " I told him that at a gentleman's house where there was thought to be such extravagance or bad management that he was living much beyond his income , his lady had objected to the ...
... afterwards I should have done better for myself . " I told him that at a gentleman's house where there was thought to be such extravagance or bad management that he was living much beyond his income , his lady had objected to the ...
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... afterwards , " Sir , they respected me for my literature ; and yet it was not great but by comparison . Sir , it is amazing how little literature there is in the world . " " 1 lege . " JOHNSON . " Why do 14 1778 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... afterwards , " Sir , they respected me for my literature ; and yet it was not great but by comparison . Sir , it is amazing how little literature there is in the world . " " 1 lege . " JOHNSON . " Why do 14 1778 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... afterwards to burst in thunder . We talked of a gentleman [ Mr. Langton ] , who was run- ning out his fortune in London ; and I said , " We must get him out of it . All his friends must quarrel with him , and that will soon drive him ...
... afterwards to burst in thunder . We talked of a gentleman [ Mr. Langton ] , who was run- ning out his fortune in London ; and I said , " We must get him out of it . All his friends must quarrel with him , and that will soon drive him ...
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... afterwards avail himself . " JOHNSON . " Very true , Sir . Therefore , the man who is asked by an author , what he thinks of his work , is put to the torture , and is not obliged to speak the truth ; so that what he says is not ...
... afterwards avail himself . " JOHNSON . " Very true , Sir . Therefore , the man who is asked by an author , what he thinks of his work , is put to the torture , and is not obliged to speak the truth ; so that what he says is not ...
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... afterwards , from time to time , made additions under his sanction . His friend , Edward Cave , having been mentioned , he told us , Cave used to sell ten thousand of ' The Gentleman's Magazine ; ' yet such was then his minute attention ...
... afterwards , from time to time , made additions under his sanction . His friend , Edward Cave , having been mentioned , he told us , Cave used to sell ten thousand of ' The Gentleman's Magazine ; ' yet such was then his minute attention ...
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