Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious de- meanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived ...
... sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious de- meanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived ...
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... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . ' This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of con- nubial felicity ; but there is no doubt ...
... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . ' This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of con- nubial felicity ; but there is no doubt ...
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... sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr ...
... sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr ...
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... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids , | and wanton poets . ' ' Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of Greece , signs which heaven must by another miracle enable us to understand , yet ...
... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids , | and wanton poets . ' ' Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of Greece , signs which heaven must by another miracle enable us to understand , yet ...
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... sure ; but there is no proportion between the two men ; they must not be named together . A fly , Sir , may sting a stately horse and make him wince ; but one is but an insect , and the other is a horse still . ' . 176 " FOR GARRET ...
... sure ; but there is no proportion between the two men ; they must not be named together . A fly , Sir , may sting a stately horse and make him wince ; but one is but an insect , and the other is a horse still . ' . 176 " FOR GARRET ...
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