The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... excellent " Observations on the Stat- utes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gentleman ; 1 In the injunctions of Queen Elizabeth for the observance of Sunday , there was one ex- céption - viz . for labour in time of harvest ...
... excellent " Observations on the Stat- utes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gentleman ; 1 In the injunctions of Queen Elizabeth for the observance of Sunday , there was one ex- céption - viz . for labour in time of harvest ...
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... excellent work were sold very quickly . A new edition has been printed since his death , besides that in the collection of his works - B . Another edition has been printed since Mr. Boswell wrote the above , besides repeated editions in ...
... excellent work were sold very quickly . A new edition has been printed since his death , besides that in the collection of his works - B . Another edition has been printed since Mr. Boswell wrote the above , besides repeated editions in ...
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... excellent ; but in other respects he is not above other men : he will believe anything , and will strenuously defend the most minute circumstance connected with the church of England . " BOSWELL . " Believe me , Doctor , you are much ...
... excellent ; but in other respects he is not above other men : he will believe anything , and will strenuously defend the most minute circumstance connected with the church of England . " BOSWELL . " Believe me , Doctor , you are much ...
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... excellent remarks , observes , " The turn of Dr. Johnson's Hines to Miss Aston , whose Whig principles he had been combating , appears to me to be taken from an ingenious epigram in the ' Menagiana , ' vol . iii . p . 876 , edit . 1716 ...
... excellent remarks , observes , " The turn of Dr. Johnson's Hines to Miss Aston , whose Whig principles he had been combating , appears to me to be taken from an ingenious epigram in the ' Menagiana , ' vol . iii . p . 876 , edit . 1716 ...
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... excellent Discourses , which are so universally admired , and for which the author received from the Empress of Russia a gold snuff - box , adorned with her pro- file in bas relief , set in diamonds and containing what is infinitely ...
... excellent Discourses , which are so universally admired , and for which the author received from the Empress of Russia a gold snuff - box , adorned with her pro- file in bas relief , set in diamonds and containing what is infinitely ...
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