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... Lord Chancellor ; you would have delivered opinions with more extent of mind , and in a more ornamental manner ... Lord Lichfield , who was Chancellor of the University of Oxford , he said to Johnson : " What a pity it is , Sir , that ...
... Lord Chancellor ; you would have delivered opinions with more extent of mind , and in a more ornamental manner ... Lord Lichfield , who was Chancellor of the University of Oxford , he said to Johnson : " What a pity it is , Sir , that ...
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... general lot of men of superior abilities , he wondered , that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " B. LORD CAMDEN II deal of inconvenience from the heat , ΙΟ BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... general lot of men of superior abilities , he wondered , that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " B. LORD CAMDEN II deal of inconvenience from the heat , ΙΟ BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... Lord Camden . " I met him , " said he , " at Lord Clare's house in the country , and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man . " The company having laughed heartily , Johnson stood forth in defence of his friend ...
... Lord Camden . " I met him , " said he , " at Lord Clare's house in the country , and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man . " The company having laughed heartily , Johnson stood forth in defence of his friend ...
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... Lord Kames's ' Sketches of the History of Man . ' In treating of severity of punishment he mentions that of Madame Lapouchin , in Russia , but he does not give it fairly ; for I have looked at Chappe d'Autéroche , from whom he has taken ...
... Lord Kames's ' Sketches of the History of Man . ' In treating of severity of punishment he mentions that of Madame Lapouchin , in Russia , but he does not give it fairly ; for I have looked at Chappe d'Autéroche , from whom he has taken ...
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... Lord Marchmont as one who could tell him a great deal about Pope , - Sir , he will tell me nothing . " I had the honour of being known to his Lordship ... LORD MARCHMONT 39 I proposed to Lord Marchmont , that 38 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... Lord Marchmont as one who could tell him a great deal about Pope , - Sir , he will tell me nothing . " I had the honour of being known to his Lordship ... LORD MARCHMONT 39 I proposed to Lord Marchmont , that 38 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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