“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... Present State of the Nation , the first Letter of " Junius , " and Robertson's History of Charles V. 1770. Johnson publishes his pamphlet , The False Alarm , on the Middlesex election . Burke's Thoughts on the Present Discontent and ...
... Present State of the Nation , the first Letter of " Junius , " and Robertson's History of Charles V. 1770. Johnson publishes his pamphlet , The False Alarm , on the Middlesex election . Burke's Thoughts on the Present Discontent and ...
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... present state , look with pleasure upon every act of virtue to which her instructions or example have contributed . Whether this be more than a pleasing dream , or a just opinion of separate spirits , is , indeed , of no great ...
... present state , look with pleasure upon every act of virtue to which her instructions or example have contributed . Whether this be more than a pleasing dream , or a just opinion of separate spirits , is , indeed , of no great ...
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... present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsa familia de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned Pater Æneas , who was the present spes , the ...
... present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsa familia de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned Pater Æneas , who was the present spes , the ...
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