The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... allowed at all , they should only be retreats for persons unable to serve the publick , or who have served it . It is our first duty to serve society ; and , after we have done that , we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own ...
... allowed at all , they should only be retreats for persons unable to serve the publick , or who have served it . It is our first duty to serve society ; and , after we have done that , we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own ...
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... allowed in a court of justice . Rous- seau , sir , is a very bad man . I would sooner sign a sen- tence for his transportation , than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years . Yes , I should like to have him ...
... allowed in a court of justice . Rous- seau , sir , is a very bad man . I would sooner sign a sen- tence for his transportation , than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years . Yes , I should like to have him ...
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... allowed to go on . The following letters , though not written till the year after , being chiefly upon the same subject , are here in- serted . TO MR . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . “ DEAR SIR , —That my letter should have had such effects as you ...
... allowed to go on . The following letters , though not written till the year after , being chiefly upon the same subject , are here in- serted . TO MR . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . “ DEAR SIR , —That my letter should have had such effects as you ...
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... allowed to the dying declarations , because they were spontaneous . There is a great difference between what is said without our being urged to it , and what is said from a kind of compulsion . If I praise a man's book without being ...
... allowed to the dying declarations , because they were spontaneous . There is a great difference between what is said without our being urged to it , and what is said from a kind of compulsion . If I praise a man's book without being ...
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... allowed us to prepare for eternity ; " the night cometh : when no man can work . " He some time afterwards laid aside this dial - plate ; and when I asked him the reason , he said , " It might do very well upon a clock which a man keeps ...
... allowed us to prepare for eternity ; " the night cometh : when no man can work . " He some time afterwards laid aside this dial - plate ; and when I asked him the reason , he said , " It might do very well upon a clock which a man keeps ...
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acquaintance admiration Æneid affectionate afraid afterwards answered appeared asked Beggar's Opera believe BENNET LANGTON called character church compliments consider conversation court dear sir DEAR SIR,-I dined doctor of medicine Edinburgh edition eminent England English Erse favour Garrick gentleman give glad Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson judge king lady Langton laugh learning letter Lichfield literary live London lord Bute lord Hailes lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner ment mentioned merit mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford passage perhaps pleased pleasure poem publick racter reason remark Samuel Johnson Scotch Scotland seemed sir Joshua Reynolds speak Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies wish wonder write written wrote