The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons : and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 |
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... common profit , but something more must be allowed ; and if books , printed at Oxford , are expected to be rated at a high price , that price must be levied on the publick , and paid by the ultimate purchaser , not by the intermediate ...
... common profit , but something more must be allowed ; and if books , printed at Oxford , are expected to be rated at a high price , that price must be levied on the publick , and paid by the ultimate purchaser , not by the intermediate ...
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... common conversation the Nightest circumstance was mentioned with exact precision . The knowledge of his having such a principle and habit made his friends have a perfect reliance on the truth of every thing that he told , however it ...
... common conversation the Nightest circumstance was mentioned with exact precision . The knowledge of his having such a principle and habit made his friends have a perfect reliance on the truth of every thing that he told , however it ...
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... common room . Johnson . “ They are in the right , Sir , for there can be no real conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their ...
... common room . Johnson . “ They are in the right , Sir , for there can be no real conversation , no fair exertion of mind amongst them , if the young men are by ; for a man who has a character does not choose to stake it in their ...
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... common father's estate . Why then should a natural son complain that a younger brother , by the same parents lawfully begotten , gets it ? The operation of law is similar in both cases . Besides ; an illegitimate son , who has a younger ...
... common father's estate . Why then should a natural son complain that a younger brother , by the same parents lawfully begotten , gets it ? The operation of law is similar in both cases . Besides ; an illegitimate son , who has a younger ...
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... common ; to his indistinct account of which , Dr. Johnson listened with patient attention , that he might affift him with his advice . Here was an instance of genuine humanity and real kindness in this great man , who has been most ...
... common ; to his indistinct account of which , Dr. Johnson listened with patient attention , that he might affift him with his advice . Here was an instance of genuine humanity and real kindness in this great man , who has been most ...
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