The Works, Volume 18J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... endeavour to give me upon the loss of a friend . It is like the shower we have had this morning , that just makes the drooping trees hold up their heads , but they remain checked and withered at the root : the benediction is but a short ...
... endeavour to give me upon the loss of a friend . It is like the shower we have had this morning , that just makes the drooping trees hold up their heads , but they remain checked and withered at the root : the benediction is but a short ...
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... endeavour that my bet- ters should seek me by the merit of something dis- tinguishable , instead of my seeking them . The de- sire of enjoying it in aftertimes is owing to the spirit and folly of youth : but with age we learn to know ...
... endeavour that my bet- ters should seek me by the merit of something dis- tinguishable , instead of my seeking them . The de- sire of enjoying it in aftertimes is owing to the spirit and folly of youth : but with age we learn to know ...
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... endeavour to get a little comfort by spending some of the other . must beg that you will call at Amesbury , in your way to London ; for I have many things to say to you ; and I can assure you , you will be welcome to a three - pronged ...
... endeavour to get a little comfort by spending some of the other . must beg that you will call at Amesbury , in your way to London ; for I have many things to say to you ; and I can assure you , you will be welcome to a three - pronged ...
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... endeavour to conceal them , how- ever they may pass unrewarded : but , I doubt , our own bare assertions , upon any of those points , will very little avail , except in tempting the hearers to judge directly contrary to what we advance ...
... endeavour to conceal them , how- ever they may pass unrewarded : but , I doubt , our own bare assertions , upon any of those points , will very little avail , except in tempting the hearers to judge directly contrary to what we advance ...
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... endeavour to write so as no man could write who had not been a party in those transactions , and as few men would write who had been concerned in them . I believe I shall go back , in considering the political interests of the principal ...
... endeavour to write so as no man could write who had not been a party in those transactions , and as few men would write who had been concerned in them . I believe I shall go back , in considering the political interests of the principal ...
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