The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... wrote a very great number of dedications for others . Some of these , the persons who were favoured with them are unwilling should be mentioned , from a too anxious apprehension , as I think , that they might be suspected of having ...
... wrote a very great number of dedications for others . Some of these , the persons who were favoured with them are unwilling should be mentioned , from a too anxious apprehension , as I think , that they might be suspected of having ...
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... written only half lines . I have written a hun- dred lines in a day . I remember I wrote a hundred lines of The Vanity of Human Wishes in a day . Doctor , ( turning to Goldsmith , ) I am not quite ETAT . 57. ] 11 DR . JOHNSON .
... written only half lines . I have written a hun- dred lines in a day . I remember I wrote a hundred lines of The Vanity of Human Wishes in a day . Doctor , ( turning to Goldsmith , ) I am not quite ETAT . 57. ] 11 DR . JOHNSON .
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... wrote the following ac- count , which he has been pleased to communicate to me . " The circumstances of Mr. Peregrine Langton were these . He had an annuity for life of two hundred pounds per annum . He resided in a village in ...
... wrote the following ac- count , which he has been pleased to communicate to me . " The circumstances of Mr. Peregrine Langton were these . He had an annuity for life of two hundred pounds per annum . He resided in a village in ...
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... wrote to him again without being able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had re- ceived a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an advocate , as is the custom ...
... wrote to him again without being able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had re- ceived a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an advocate , as is the custom ...
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... wrote it before she was acquainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " The Fountains , a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of Johnson's ...
... wrote it before she was acquainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " The Fountains , a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of Johnson's ...
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