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... soon be where our doom will be fixed for ever . I pray God to bless you , and am , Sir , your most affectionate humble servant , ' Write soon . ' ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' 1763 ÆTAT . 54 . ] - IN 1763 he furnished to The Poetical Calendar ...
... soon be where our doom will be fixed for ever . I pray God to bless you , and am , Sir , your most affectionate humble servant , ' Write soon . ' ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' 1763 ÆTAT . 54 . ] - IN 1763 he furnished to The Poetical Calendar ...
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... soon laid it aside . Sir , there is very little of intel- lectual , in the course . Besides , I see but at a small dis- tance . So it was not worth my while to go to see birds fly , which I should not have seen fly ; and fishes swim ...
... soon laid it aside . Sir , there is very little of intel- lectual , in the course . Besides , I see but at a small dis- tance . So it was not worth my while to go to see birds fly , which I should not have seen fly ; and fishes swim ...
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... soon got into conversation ; for it was very remarkable of Johnson , that the presence of a stranger had no restraint upon his talk . I observed that Garrick , who was about to quit the stage , would soon have an easier life . JOHNSON ...
... soon got into conversation ; for it was very remarkable of Johnson , that the presence of a stranger had no restraint upon his talk . I observed that Garrick , who was about to quit the stage , would soon have an easier life . JOHNSON ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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