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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ... - Page 46
by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 394 pages
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...proprietor of the ' World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished,...slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I wiis overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear...
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Effective Revenue Writing: Advanced course

United States. Internal Revenue Service, Lucile B. Spurlock, Luthera Burton Dawson - 1961 - 216 pages
...by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from, the great, I know not well how to receive, or...your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address . . . ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that...
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Effective Revenue Writing: Advanced course, by C. D. Linton

United States. Internal Revenue Service - 1961 - 216 pages
...by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or...your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address . . . ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that...
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Effective Revenue Writing, 2: An Advanced Course Designed to Help ...

Calvin Darlington Linton - 1962 - 216 pages
...Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from.the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what...your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address . . . ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that...
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English Satires

William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - 1899 - 390 pages
...by the proprietor of The World that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

Robert Anderson - 696 pages
...the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers ia which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished,...your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur...
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Words that Taste Good

Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...Earl tried to claim some kudos for being instrumental in its compilation, Johnson wrote to him: . . .To be so distinguished, is an honour which, being...your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address. . . But I found my attendance so little encouraged, that...
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Handbook for Preparing Engineering Documents: From Concept to Completion

Joan G. Nagle - 1995 - 396 pages
...To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, l know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When upon some slight encouragement l first visited your Lordship, l was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your...
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