The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3 |
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I might , to be sure , be satisfied that they had no reason to be apprehensive about me , because I knew that I myself was well : but we might have a mutual anxiety , without the charge of folly ; because each was , in some degree ...
I might , to be sure , be satisfied that they had no reason to be apprehensive about me , because I knew that I myself was well : but we might have a mutual anxiety , without the charge of folly ; because each was , in some degree ...
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He observed , indeed very justly , that “ their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not been fixed that he should have been one of the party , he would force them out ; but he would not advise them ...
He observed , indeed very justly , that “ their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not been fixed that he should have been one of the party , he would force them out ; but he would not advise them ...
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... the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of them , that I have reason to believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school .
... the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of them , that I have reason to believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school .
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What Dr. Johnson has here said , is undoubtedly good sense ; yet I am afraid that law , though defined by lord Coke , " the perfection of reason , ” is not altogether with him ; for it is held in the books , that an attack on the ...
What Dr. Johnson has here said , is undoubtedly good sense ; yet I am afraid that law , though defined by lord Coke , " the perfection of reason , ” is not altogether with him ; for it is held in the books , that an attack on the ...
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For my own part I ever was clearly of opinion that this right was inherent in the very constitution of a jury , and indeed in sense and reason , inseparable from their important function . To establish it , therefore , by statute ...
For my own part I ever was clearly of opinion that this right was inherent in the very constitution of a jury , and indeed in sense and reason , inseparable from their important function . To establish it , therefore , by statute ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and ..., Volume 3 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Edmond Malone Volume 3 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Illustrated by | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
| Length | 1854 pages |
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