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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... reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful corre- spondent . Be assured , for the present , that nothing has lessened either the esteem or love with which I dismissed you at Harwich . Both have been in ...
... reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful corre- spondent . Be assured , for the present , that nothing has lessened either the esteem or love with which I dismissed you at Harwich . Both have been in ...
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... reason for hastening your return . The longer we live , and the more we think , the higher value we learn to put on the friendship and tenderness of parents and of friends . Parents we can have but once ; and he promises himself too ...
... reason for hastening your return . The longer we live , and the more we think , the higher value we learn to put on the friendship and tenderness of parents and of friends . Parents we can have but once ; and he promises himself too ...
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... reason . I have seldom indulged more hope of any thing than of being able to improve our acquaintance to friend- ship . Many a time have I placed myself again at [ Samuel Dyer , Esq . a most learned and ingenious Member of the LITERARY ...
... reason . I have seldom indulged more hope of any thing than of being able to improve our acquaintance to friend- ship . Many a time have I placed myself again at [ Samuel Dyer , Esq . a most learned and ingenious Member of the LITERARY ...
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... reason to think he lost by them ; however , they furnished him with no further assistance towards his housekeeping , than grass for his horses , ( not hay , for that I know he bought , ) and for two cows . Every Monday morning he ...
... reason to think he lost by them ; however , they furnished him with no further assistance towards his housekeeping , than grass for his horses , ( not hay , for that I know he bought , ) and for two cows . Every Monday morning he ...
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... : in legibus enim agitandis , populorum mores , variasque fortuna vices ex quibus leges oriuntur , contemplari simul solemus . ” - Etat . 57 . 1766. to another , upon just reasons , requires faculties DR . JOHNSON . 21.
... : in legibus enim agitandis , populorum mores , variasque fortuna vices ex quibus leges oriuntur , contemplari simul solemus . ” - Etat . 57 . 1766. to another , upon just reasons , requires faculties DR . JOHNSON . 21.
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