Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North WalesHarper, 1904 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... 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 much , who enters life with the expectation of ...
... 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 much , who enters life with the expectation of ...
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... live , I know not whether you desire to know any thing of us . However , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ; but we have the loss of Burke's company since he has been engaged in publick business , ' in which he has gained more ...
... live , I know not whether you desire to know any thing of us . However , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ; but we have the loss of Burke's company since he has been engaged in publick business , ' in which he has gained more ...
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... live by choice : every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight , and with which he did not always willingly co - operate . ' Rasselas , chap . 16. To him that lives well , ' answered the hermit ...
... live by choice : every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight , and with which he did not always willingly co - operate . ' Rasselas , chap . 16. To him that lives well , ' answered the hermit ...
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... live to see such as you desire him . ' I have not lately seen Mr. Elphinston ' , but believe him to be prosperous . I shall be glad to hear the same of you , for I am , Sir , ' Your affectionate humble servant , ' Johnson's - court ...
... live to see such as you desire him . ' I have not lately seen Mr. Elphinston ' , but believe him to be prosperous . I shall be glad to hear the same of you , for I am , Sir , ' Your affectionate humble servant , ' Johnson's - court ...
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... Lives of the Poets . ' It is strange that , so far as I know , this in- terview is not mentioned by any one else . It is perhaps alluded to , post , Dec. 1784 , when Mr. Nichols told Johnson that he wished ' he would gratify his ...
... Lives of the Poets . ' It is strange that , so far as I know , this in- terview is not mentioned by any one else . It is perhaps alluded to , post , Dec. 1784 , when Mr. Nichols told Johnson that he wished ' he would gratify his ...
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