The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... told by the travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the language of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be ...
... told by the travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the language of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be ...
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... told , than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time ...
... told , than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time ...
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... told me , " I learnt what 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the business is no longer carried on separately , but is transacted by ...
... told me , " I learnt what 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the business is no longer carried on separately , but is transacted by ...
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... told of Julia . " JOHNSON : " This lady of yours , Sir , I think , is very fit for a brothel . ” " 12 1 Patrick Lord Elibank , who died in 1778. - BOSWELL . 2 " Nunquam enim nisi navi plena tollo vectorem . " Lib . ii . c . v . Mr ...
... told of Julia . " JOHNSON : " This lady of yours , Sir , I think , is very fit for a brothel . ” " 12 1 Patrick Lord Elibank , who died in 1778. - BOSWELL . 2 " Nunquam enim nisi navi plena tollo vectorem . " Lib . ii . c . v . Mr ...
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... told us , that one of them was still in his possession . This very piece was , after his death , pub- lished by some person who had been about him , and , for the sake of a little hasty profit , was fallaciously advertised , so as to ...
... told us , that one of them was still in his possession . This very piece was , after his death , pub- lished by some person who had been about him , and , for the sake of a little hasty profit , was fallaciously advertised , so as to ...
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