The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... tion , he is , no doubt , very 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 ...
... tion , he is , no doubt , very 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 ...
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... tion as usual . 1 Not quite so unaccountable as Mr. Boswell seems to think His intervention in thi affair , unsolicited and unauthorised , exhibits the bustling vanity of his own character , and Johnson was unwilling to be dragged ...
... tion as usual . 1 Not quite so unaccountable as Mr. Boswell seems to think His intervention in thi affair , unsolicited and unauthorised , exhibits the bustling vanity of his own character , and Johnson was unwilling to be dragged ...
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... tion . " I asked him what he knew of Parson Ford , who made a conspicuous figure in the riotous group . ' JOHNSON . " Sir , he was my acquaintance and relation , my mother's nephew . He had pur- chased a living in the country , but not ...
... tion . " I asked him what he knew of Parson Ford , who made a conspicuous figure in the riotous group . ' JOHNSON . " Sir , he was my acquaintance and relation , my mother's nephew . He had pur- chased a living in the country , but not ...
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... tion is greater than that of the worst mayor that can come : besides , there is no more reason to suppose that the choice of a rabble will be right , than that chance will be right . " JOHN- On Tuesday , May 19 , I was to set out for ...
... tion is greater than that of the worst mayor that can come : besides , there is no more reason to suppose that the choice of a rabble will be right , than that chance will be right . " JOHN- On Tuesday , May 19 , I was to set out for ...
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... tion to come down to the camp at Warley , and he staid with me about a week ; the scene appeared , notwithstanding a great degree of ill health that he seemed to labour under , to interest and amuse him , as agreeing with the ...
... tion to come down to the camp at Warley , and he staid with me about a week ; the scene appeared , notwithstanding a great degree of ill health that he seemed to labour under , to interest and amuse him , as agreeing with the ...
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