Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... mention one curious instance of his casual reading , when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had hid ... mentioned in some preface , as one of the restorers of learn- ing . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat ...
... mention one curious instance of his casual reading , when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had hid ... mentioned in some preface , as one of the restorers of learn- ing . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat ...
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... mentioned the early impressions made upon his tender imagination by his mother , who continued her pious care with assiduity , but , in his opinion , not with judge- ment . Sunday ( said he ) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy . My ...
... mentioned the early impressions made upon his tender imagination by his mother , who continued her pious care with assiduity , but , in his opinion , not with judge- ment . Sunday ( said he ) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy . My ...
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... mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams , he said , ' Ah , Sir , I was mad and violent . It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick . I was miserably poor , and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ...
... mentioned to him this account as given me by Dr. Adams , he said , ' Ah , Sir , I was mad and violent . It was bitterness which they mistook for frolick . I was miserably poor , and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ...
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... mentioned persons , who were surely people of rank and education , while he was 1 The words of Sir John Hawkins , p . 316 . 2 Sir Thomas Aston , Bart . , who died in January , 1724-5 , left one son , named Thomas also , and eight ...
... mentioned persons , who were surely people of rank and education , while he was 1 The words of Sir John Hawkins , p . 316 . 2 Sir Thomas Aston , Bart . , who died in January , 1724-5 , left one son , named Thomas also , and eight ...
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... mention it to my dear mother . If it be necessary to pay this in less time , I believe I can do it ; but I take two ... mentioned , to any one here that you shall appoint . I am , Sir , your most obedient , and most humble servant ...
... mention it to my dear mother . If it be necessary to pay this in less time , I believe I can do it ; but I take two ... mentioned , to any one here that you shall appoint . I am , Sir , your most obedient , and most humble servant ...
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