Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... wonder , Sir , you have not more pleasure in writing than in not writing . ' JOHN- SON . Sir , you may wonder . ' He talked of making verses , and observed , ' The great diffi- culty is to know when you have made good ones . When ...
... wonder , Sir , you have not more pleasure in writing than in not writing . ' JOHN- SON . Sir , you may wonder . ' He talked of making verses , and observed , ' The great diffi- culty is to know when you have made good ones . When ...
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... wonder ; but hoped that it would be renewed at your recovery . 6 Since you will not inform us where you are , or how you live , I know not whether you desire to know any thing of us . However , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ...
... wonder ; but hoped that it would be renewed at your recovery . 6 Since you will not inform us where you are , or how you live , I know not whether you desire to know any thing of us . However , I will tell you that THE CLUB subsists ...
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... in particular encouragements and presents above their wages ; it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three days at a time . appear Aetat . 57. ] 19 ' The wonder , with.
... in particular encouragements and presents above their wages ; it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three days at a time . appear Aetat . 57. ] 19 ' The wonder , with.
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... wonder , with most that hear an account of his œconomy , will be , how he was able , with such an in- come , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for everything he had ; he had no land , except the two or three ...
... wonder , with most that hear an account of his œconomy , will be , how he was able , with such an in- come , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for everything he had ; he had no land , except the two or three ...
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... of the monastick life , you say you do not wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a religious order , when they have found how unable they Aetat . 57. ] Mrs. Williams's MISCELLANIES . 25 they.
... of the monastick life , you say you do not wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a religious order , when they have found how unable they Aetat . 57. ] Mrs. Williams's MISCELLANIES . 25 they.
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