The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... believe , who have , or think they have , a very small share of vanity . Such may speak of their literary fame in a decor- ous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to re- strain the ...
... believe , who have , or think they have , a very small share of vanity . Such may speak of their literary fame in a decor- ous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to re- strain the ...
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... believe I am going to write a long letter , and have therefore taken a whole sheet of paper . The first thing to be written about is our histor- ical design . " You mentioned the proposal of printing in numbers , as an alteration in the ...
... believe I am going to write a long letter , and have therefore taken a whole sheet of paper . The first thing to be written about is our histor- ical design . " You mentioned the proposal of printing in numbers , as an alteration in the ...
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... believe that this was a malignant lie , invented by a mother to prevent her own child from receiving the bounty of his father , which was accordingly the consequence , if the person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we ...
... believe that this was a malignant lie , invented by a mother to prevent her own child from receiving the bounty of his father , which was accordingly the consequence , if the person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we ...
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