Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1960 - 1491 páginas |
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... honour , but it would do nobody else honour . I have , indeed , not read it all . But when I take up the end of a web , and find it pack- thread , I do not expect , by looking further , to find embroidery . Sir , I will venture to say ...
... honour , but it would do nobody else honour . I have , indeed , not read it all . But when I take up the end of a web , and find it pack- thread , I do not expect , by looking further , to find embroidery . Sir , I will venture to say ...
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... honour and so enrolled him among its honoured Masters . ' Now whereas this distinguished man has won such repute by his sub- sequent labours , notably in refining and fixing our language , that he is justly reckoned a chief and leader ...
... honour and so enrolled him among its honoured Masters . ' Now whereas this distinguished man has won such repute by his sub- sequent labours , notably in refining and fixing our language , that he is justly reckoned a chief and leader ...
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... honour to see Dr. Johnson here . Will you allow me to send for him ? ' Availing myself of this opening , I said that ' I would go myself and bring him , when he had drunk tea ; he knew nothing of my calling here . ' Having been thus ...
... honour to see Dr. Johnson here . Will you allow me to send for him ? ' Availing myself of this opening , I said that ' I would go myself and bring him , when he had drunk tea ; he knew nothing of my calling here . ' Having been thus ...
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Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds | 1 |
Advertisement to the Third Edition | 9 |
Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
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