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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 141
by James Boswell - 1791 - 516 pages
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Literary Studies from the Great British Authors

Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 476 pages
...public, I had exhausted 15 all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since...
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English Literature in the Eighteenth Century

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since...
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Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One ...

William Baptiste Scoones - 1880 - 644 pages
...publick, I Lad exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since...
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Acme Library of Standard Biography: Third Series

1880 - 556 pages
...public, I had exhausted all the arts of pleasing which a wearied and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased tohavehis all neglected, be it ever so little. "Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since...
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The Handbook of Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief ...

Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 39

1909 - 498 pages
...public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

Robert Anderson - 696 pages
...public, I had exhausted all the arts of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years, my Lord, have now passed s^ijce...
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Effective Writing: A Workshop Course

United States. Internal Revenue Service - 1975 - 124 pages
...recognize and compliment them. Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote with bitterness to the Earl of Chesterfield: "I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little." When someone writes you a letter of particular...
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Words that Taste Good

Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. At about the same time, Edward Taylor, living...
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Samuel Johnson

Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 pages
...public, I had exhausted all the Art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly Scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, My lord have now past since I...
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