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Mr. Thomas Warton's very able " Inquiry appeared about three months
afterwards ; and Mr. Tyrwhitt's admirable ' - Vindication of his Appendix , in the
summer of the same year , left the believers in this daring imposture nothing but
the ...
Mr. Thomas Warton's very able " Inquiry appeared about three months
afterwards ; and Mr. Tyrwhitt's admirable ' - Vindication of his Appendix , in the
summer of the same year , left the believers in this daring imposture nothing but
the ...
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... and myself , are very sickly ; Frank is not well ; and poor Levett died in his bed
the other day by a sudden stroke . I suppose not one minute passed between
health and death . So uncertain are human things . Such is the appearance of
the ...
... and myself , are very sickly ; Frank is not well ; and poor Levett died in his bed
the other day by a sudden stroke . I suppose not one minute passed between
health and death . So uncertain are human things . Such is the appearance of
the ...
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In support of the last of these conjectures may be urged his mean opinion of that
ministry , which has frequently appeared in the course of this work ; and it is
strongly confirmed by what he said on the subject to Mr. Seward : - I am glad the
...
In support of the last of these conjectures may be urged his mean opinion of that
ministry , which has frequently appeared in the course of this work ; and it is
strongly confirmed by what he said on the subject to Mr. Seward : - I am glad the
...
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This letter , as might be expected , had its full effect , and the clergyman
acknowledged it in grateful and pious terms 1 What follows appeared in the
Morning Chronicle of May 29 , 1782.- " A correspondent having mentioned in
the Morning ...
This letter , as might be expected , had its full effect , and the clergyman
acknowledged it in grateful and pious terms 1 What follows appeared in the
Morning Chronicle of May 29 , 1782.- " A correspondent having mentioned in
the Morning ...
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As I suppose myself to owe part of your kindness to my excellent friend , Dr.
Patten ' , he has likewise a just claim to my acknowledg( A letter from Dr. Patten ,
and Dr. Jolinson's answer , have appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine : the
latter ...
As I suppose myself to owe part of your kindness to my excellent friend , Dr.
Patten ' , he has likewise a just claim to my acknowledg( A letter from Dr. Patten ,
and Dr. Jolinson's answer , have appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine : the
latter ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 5 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | John Wilson Croker |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2016 |
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