The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home , and expect such welcome as is due to him , whom a wise and noble curiosity has led , where perhaps no native of this country ever was before . " I have no ...
... hear you ; and hope that we shall not be so long separated again . Come home , and expect such welcome as is due to him , whom a wise and noble curiosity has led , where perhaps no native of this country ever was before . " I have no ...
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... hear it ; we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHN- SON . " No , Sir ; I have forgot it . " 6 Such specimens of the easy and playful conversa- tion of the great Dr. Samuel Johnson are , I think , to be prized ; as exhibiting the little ...
... hear it ; we'll put a bad one to it . " JOHN- SON . " No , Sir ; I have forgot it . " 6 Such specimens of the easy and playful conversa- tion of the great Dr. Samuel Johnson are , I think , to be prized ; as exhibiting the little ...
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... hear an account of his œconomy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had ; he had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have ...
... hear an account of his œconomy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had ; he had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have ...
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... hear from him till he had re- ceived a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : " C TO JAMES BOSWELL ...
... hear from him till he had re- ceived a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : " C TO JAMES BOSWELL ...
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... hear that it could be , in an assembly convened for the propagation of Christian knowlege , a question whether any nation unin- structed in religion should receive instruction ; or whether that instruction should be imparted to them by ...
... hear that it could be , in an assembly convened for the propagation of Christian knowlege , a question whether any nation unin- structed in religion should receive instruction ; or whether that instruction should be imparted to them by ...
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