The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 44
... missed the fall of man . Others the immortality of the soul . Address to our Saviour . Excluded by Berkeley . Bolingbroke's notions not understood . Scale of being , turn it in prose . Part and not the whole always said . * He has added ...
... missed the fall of man . Others the immortality of the soul . Address to our Saviour . Excluded by Berkeley . Bolingbroke's notions not understood . Scale of being , turn it in prose . Part and not the whole always said . * He has added ...
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... MISS BOOTHBY . " January , 1755 . " DEAREST MADAM , -Though I am afraid your illness leaves you little leisure for the reception of airy civilities , yet I cannot forbear to pay you my congratu- lations on the new year ; and to declare ...
... MISS BOOTHBY . " January , 1755 . " DEAREST MADAM , -Though I am afraid your illness leaves you little leisure for the reception of airy civilities , yet I cannot forbear to pay you my congratu- lations on the new year ; and to declare ...
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... Miss Hill Boothby , who was the only daughter of Brook Boothby , esq . and his wife , Elizabeth Fitzherbert , was somewhat older than Johnson . She was born October 27th , 1708 , and died January 16th , 1756. Six letters addressed to ...
... Miss Hill Boothby , who was the only daughter of Brook Boothby , esq . and his wife , Elizabeth Fitzherbert , was somewhat older than Johnson . She was born October 27th , 1708 , and died January 16th , 1756. Six letters addressed to ...
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... miss it in a moment of inattention . It is unjust , sir , to censure lawyers for multiplying words when they argue ; it is often necessary for them to multiply words . " His notion of the duty of a member of parliament sit- ting upon an ...
... miss it in a moment of inattention . It is unjust , sir , to censure lawyers for multiplying words when they argue ; it is often necessary for them to multiply words . " His notion of the duty of a member of parliament sit- ting upon an ...
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... missed it . 66 ' The general course of his life was determined by his profession he studied the sacred volumes in the original languages ; with what diligence and success his Notes upon the Psalms give sufficient evidence . He once en ...
... missed it . 66 ' The general course of his life was determined by his profession he studied the sacred volumes in the original languages ; with what diligence and success his Notes upon the Psalms give sufficient evidence . He once en ...
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