“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... church upon the nuptial morn : - " Sir , she had read the old romances , and had got into her head the fantastical ... church and state : he wished power to the King and to the Heads of the Church , as the laws of England have ...
... church upon the nuptial morn : - " Sir , she had read the old romances , and had got into her head the fantastical ... church and state : he wished power to the King and to the Heads of the Church , as the laws of England have ...
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... Church of England be denied its Convocation ? " He was walking up and down the room , while I told him the anecdote ; but when he uttered this explosion of high - church zeal , he had come close to my chair , and his eye flashed with ...
... Church of England be denied its Convocation ? " He was walking up and down the room , while I told him the anecdote ; but when he uttered this explosion of high - church zeal , he had come close to my chair , and his eye flashed with ...
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... church , I found him alone . Of a schoolmaster of his acquaintance , a native of Scotland , he said , " He has a great deal of good about him ; but he is also very defective in some respects . His inner part is good , but his outer part ...
... church , I found him alone . Of a schoolmaster of his acquaintance , a native of Scotland , he said , " He has a great deal of good about him ; but he is also very defective in some respects . His inner part is good , but his outer part ...
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