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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... mentioned , from a too anxious apprehension , as I think , that they might be suspected of having received larger ... mentioning that Johnson wrote a dedication for him , he now thinks otherwise . In that leaf occurs the mention of ...
... mentioned , from a too anxious apprehension , as I think , that they might be suspected of having received larger ... mentioning that Johnson wrote a dedication for him , he now thinks otherwise . In that leaf occurs the mention of ...
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... mentioned by Johnson , post , under April 29 , 1776 . " Luke " had been taken simply for the euphony of the line . He was one of two brothers , Dosa ... . The origin of the mistake [ of Zeck for Dosa ] is curious . The two brothers ...
... mentioned by Johnson , post , under April 29 , 1776 . " Luke " had been taken simply for the euphony of the line . He was one of two brothers , Dosa ... . The origin of the mistake [ of Zeck for Dosa ] is curious . The two brothers ...
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... mentioned the advice given us by philosophers , to con- sole ourselves , when distressed or embarrassed , by thinking of those who are in a worse situation than ourselves . This , I observed , could not apply to all , for there must be ...
... mentioned the advice given us by philosophers , to con- sole ourselves , when distressed or embarrassed , by thinking of those who are in a worse situation than ourselves . This , I observed , could not apply to all , for there must be ...
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... mentioned , was his way of living , which he did not suffer to employ his whole income : for he had al- ways a sum of money lying by him for any extraordinary expences that might arise . Some money he put into the stocks ; at his death ...
... mentioned , was his way of living , which he did not suffer to employ his whole income : for he had al- ways a sum of money lying by him for any extraordinary expences that might arise . Some money he put into the stocks ; at his death ...
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... mentioned to him in a letter that ' On my first return to my native coun- try , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast num- ber of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found myself like a ...
... mentioned to him in a letter that ' On my first return to my native coun- try , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast num- ber of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found myself like a ...
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