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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 458
by James Boswell - 1791 - 516 pages
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 652 pages
...innecessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands. ' I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet frietsi at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note, I hat! some difficulty...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's ..., Volume 4; Volumes 1780-1784

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1887 - 466 pages
...necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands. ' I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note, I had some difficulty;...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1889 - 570 pages
...necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands. " I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at band to act as occasion should require. In penning this note I had some difficulty...
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Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1892 - 492 pages
...necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands. I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen3, that I might have a discreet friend at hand to act as occasion should require. In penning this...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 448 pages
...necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands. I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note I had some difficulty:...
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Eighteenth Century Letters, Volume 2

Reginald Brimley Johnson - Authors, English - 1898 - 300 pages
...necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands. I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand to act as occasion should require. In penning this note I had some difficulty,...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - Anthologies - 1897 - 644 pages
...necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands. I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note I had some difficulty:...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1900 - 556 pages
...fortitude, piety, and resignation ! " read what I and could not immediately comprehend why he should put into his hands. " I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note, I had some difficulty...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: To which is Added The Journal of a ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1900 - 928 pages
...should read what I put into his hands. • Vol. ii. p. 268 of Mrs Thiale's Collection. AGE 74] [1783 for want of time, because a man will have more grati discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note, I had some difficulty...
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The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 12

Literature - 1901 - 628 pages
...necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands. I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note I had some difficulty...
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