The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Том 1G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... pleasure , without some knowledge of the history of those more than half forgotten persons . Facts , too , fade from memory as well as names ; and fashions and follies are still more transient . But , in a book mainly composed of ...
... pleasure , without some knowledge of the history of those more than half forgotten persons . Facts , too , fade from memory as well as names ; and fashions and follies are still more transient . But , in a book mainly composed of ...
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... pleasure in celebrating the dis- should quarrel with him , he should find the tinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed most difficulty how to abuse . " You , my with a certain degree of vanity , not alto- dear sir , studied him , and ...
... pleasure in celebrating the dis- should quarrel with him , he should find the tinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed most difficulty how to abuse . " You , my with a certain degree of vanity , not alto- dear sir , studied him , and ...
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... pleasure which my book should afford , though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its grati- fications . I am , my dear sir , your much obliged friend and faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS ...
... pleasure which my book should afford , though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its grati- fications . I am , my dear sir , your much obliged friend and faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS ...
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... pleasure in reciting the being always rivals for their mother's fond- anecdotes of beggary ! " One day , however , ness ; and many of the severe reflections on hearing Mrs. Piozzi praise a favourite friend : domestic life in Rasselas ...
... pleasure in reciting the being always rivals for their mother's fond- anecdotes of beggary ! " One day , however , ness ; and many of the severe reflections on hearing Mrs. Piozzi praise a favourite friend : domestic life in Rasselas ...
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... pleasure in the work itself . — ED . ] • Cornelius Ford , according to Sir John Haw- kins , was his cousin - german , being the son of Dr. Joseph [ Q. Nathanael ? ] Ford , an eminent phy- sician , who was brother to Johnson's mother ...
... pleasure in the work itself . — ED . ] • Cornelius Ford , according to Sir John Haw- kins , was his cousin - german , being the son of Dr. Joseph [ Q. Nathanael ? ] Ford , an eminent phy- sician , who was brother to Johnson's mother ...
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