The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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... leaves London without regret . But remember , Sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal ; you have seen life in its highest decorations , and the world has nothing new to exhibit . No man is so well qualified to leave public life as ...
... leaves London without regret . But remember , Sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal ; you have seen life in its highest decorations , and the world has nothing new to exhibit . No man is so well qualified to leave public life as ...
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... leave out of his book the wonderful story that upon the approach of a stranger , all the inhabitants catch cold ; 1 but that it had been so well authenticated , he determined to retain it . JOHNSON : Sir , to leave things out of a book ...
... leave out of his book the wonderful story that upon the approach of a stranger , all the inhabitants catch cold ; 1 but that it had been so well authenticated , he determined to retain it . JOHNSON : Sir , to leave things out of a book ...
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... leave sartum tectum to posterity , what we have without any merit of our own received from our ancestors , should not choice and free-- will be kept unviolated ? Is land to be treated with more reverence than liberty ? —If this ...
... leave sartum tectum to posterity , what we have without any merit of our own received from our ancestors , should not choice and free-- will be kept unviolated ? Is land to be treated with more reverence than liberty ? —If this ...
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Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
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