The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... received the shot in her flight , from her that is killed upon the bush . Among the many improvements made by the last centuries in human knowledge , may be num- bered the exact calculations of the value of life ; but whatever may be ...
... received the shot in her flight , from her that is killed upon the bush . Among the many improvements made by the last centuries in human knowledge , may be num- bered the exact calculations of the value of life ; but whatever may be ...
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... received with great ardour of kindness , I hope to escape the mortification of finding that my lamentations spread the contagion of impatience , and produce anger rather than ten- derness . I write not merely to vent the swelling of my ...
... received with great ardour of kindness , I hope to escape the mortification of finding that my lamentations spread the contagion of impatience , and produce anger rather than ten- derness . I write not merely to vent the swelling of my ...
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... received passionate injunctions to be kind to her maid , and directions how the last offices should be performed ; but if before my ar- rival the sun happened to break out , or the wind to change , I met her at the door , or found her ...
... received passionate injunctions to be kind to her maid , and directions how the last offices should be performed ; but if before my ar- rival the sun happened to break out , or the wind to change , I met her at the door , or found her ...
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... received , is too light , or too dark , or fur- nished with something which she cannot see with- out aversion . Her tea is never of the right sort ; the figures on the China give her disgust . Where there are children , she hates the ...
... received , is too light , or too dark , or fur- nished with something which she cannot see with- out aversion . Her tea is never of the right sort ; the figures on the China give her disgust . Where there are children , she hates the ...
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... received at every visit , with sor- row beyond what is naturally felt for calamities in which we have no part , and was entertained witl condolence and consolation so frequently repeated , that my friends plainly consulted rather their ...
... received at every visit , with sor- row beyond what is naturally felt for calamities in which we have no part , and was entertained witl condolence and consolation so frequently repeated , that my friends plainly consulted rather their ...
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