Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy appre- hension that my wife and children , who were at a great distance from me , might , perhaps , be ill . ' Sir , ( said he , ) consider how foolish you would ...
... expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy appre- hension that my wife and children , who were at a great distance from me , might , perhaps , be ill . ' Sir , ( said he , ) consider how foolish you would ...
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... expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy " ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . ' This shewed both that a ...
... expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy " ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . ' This shewed both that a ...
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... expressed a wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , ' Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . ' I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks ...
... expressed a wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , ' Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . ' I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks ...
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... expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition under the title of Select Works of Abraham Cowley " . Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent ; observing that any authour might be used in the same ...
... expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition under the title of Select Works of Abraham Cowley " . Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent ; observing that any authour might be used in the same ...
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... expressed the highest admiration . Well , Sir , ( said I , ) I have omitted every other line " . ' See ante , ii . 188 . * See ante , ii . 182 . 3 See post , under date of Dec. 24 , 1783 , where mention seems to be made of this evening ...
... expressed the highest admiration . Well , Sir , ( said I , ) I have omitted every other line " . ' See ante , ii . 188 . * See ante , ii . 182 . 3 See post , under date of Dec. 24 , 1783 , where mention seems to be made of this evening ...
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