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... lived by literature has lived more independently than I have done . " Remembering all this , I confess to no sympathy with attempts to minimise Johnson's fame , or to shake the foundation on which it rests . It is , as Mr. Birrell ...
... lived by literature has lived more independently than I have done . " Remembering all this , I confess to no sympathy with attempts to minimise Johnson's fame , or to shake the foundation on which it rests . It is , as Mr. Birrell ...
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... lived as the name of Nicolas Spaiden survives ; he himself , with his decent man Peters and his steady , jolly postillions , would have passed into the limbo of the forgotten . But he was a friend of the great Johnson , he had ...
... lived as the name of Nicolas Spaiden survives ; he himself , with his decent man Peters and his steady , jolly postillions , would have passed into the limbo of the forgotten . But he was a friend of the great Johnson , he had ...
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... lived usefully than that he died rich . Strahan : I have frequently heard Dr. Johnson express the same sentiment . Johnson : In what part of London do you now reside , Dr. Franklin ? Franklin : In Cravan Street , near Charing Cross . I ...
... lived usefully than that he died rich . Strahan : I have frequently heard Dr. Johnson express the same sentiment . Johnson : In what part of London do you now reside , Dr. Franklin ? Franklin : In Cravan Street , near Charing Cross . I ...
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