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Page 74
His uncommon kindness to his servants , and serious concern , not only for their
comfort in this world , but their happiness in the next , was another
unquestionable evidence of what all , who were intimately acquainted with him ,
knew to be ...
His uncommon kindness to his servants , and serious concern , not only for their
comfort in this world , but their happiness in the next , was another
unquestionable evidence of what all , who were intimately acquainted with him ,
knew to be ...
Page 94
Where bad actions are committed at so great a distance , a delinquent can
obscure the evidence till the scent becomes cold ; there is a cloud between ,
which cannot be penetrated : therefore all distant power is bad . I am clear that
the best ...
Where bad actions are committed at so great a distance , a delinquent can
obscure the evidence till the scent becomes cold ; there is a cloud between ,
which cannot be penetrated : therefore all distant power is bad . I am clear that
the best ...
Page 97
... in the stocks , to finish the debate there . " Lord Hailes had sent him a present
of a curious little printed poem , on repairing the university of Aberdeen , by David
Malloch , which he thought would please Johnson , as affording clear evidence ...
... in the stocks , to finish the debate there . " Lord Hailes had sent him a present
of a curious little printed poem , on repairing the university of Aberdeen , by David
Malloch , which he thought would please Johnson , as affording clear evidence ...
Page 111
He indeed loved Davies cordially , of which I shall give the following little
evidence : -One day when he had treated him with too much asperity , Tom , who
was not without pride and spirit , went off in a passion ; but he had hardly reached
home ...
He indeed loved Davies cordially , of which I shall give the following little
evidence : -One day when he had treated him with too much asperity , Tom , who
was not without pride and spirit , went off in a passion ; but he had hardly reached
home ...
Page 122
Baxter's Reasons of the Christian Religion ' he thought contained the best
collection of the evidences of the divinity of the Christian system . ” “ Chymistry
was always an interesting pursuit with pointed sephical Surpose Baie die ( Gent ..
big ...
Baxter's Reasons of the Christian Religion ' he thought contained the best
collection of the evidences of the divinity of the Christian system . ” “ Chymistry
was always an interesting pursuit with pointed sephical Surpose Baie die ( Gent ..
big ...
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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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