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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... honour of Johnson , ii . 581 . Paoli , General , i . 310 , 314 , 399 ii . 61 , 144 247 , 523 : Paradise , John , Esq . letter of Johnson to , ii . N. 547 Parish Clerks , ii . 405 . NARES , Reverend Mr. John , his · Elements of Parker ...
... honour of Johnson , ii . 581 . Paoli , General , i . 310 , 314 , 399 ii . 61 , 144 247 , 523 : Paradise , John , Esq . letter of Johnson to , ii . N. 547 Parish Clerks , ii . 405 . NARES , Reverend Mr. John , his · Elements of Parker ...
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... honour of receiving Lord Hailes's firit volume , for which I return my most respectful thanks . “ I wish you , my dearest friend , and your haughty lady , ( for I know she does not love me , ) and the young ladies , and the young Laird ...
... honour of receiving Lord Hailes's firit volume , for which I return my most respectful thanks . “ I wish you , my dearest friend , and your haughty lady , ( for I know she does not love me , ) and the young ladies , and the young Laird ...
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... honour and good faith , to transmit the estate by the same tenure which we held it , which was as heirs male , excluding nearer females . I therefore , as I thought conscientiously , objected to my father's scheme . • Acts of the ...
... honour and good faith , to transmit the estate by the same tenure which we held it , which was as heirs male , excluding nearer females . I therefore , as I thought conscientiously , objected to my father's scheme . • Acts of the ...
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... honour to have shaken Lord Hailes's opinion of entails . Do not , however , hope wholly to reason away your troubles ; do not feed them with attention , and they will die imperceptibly away . Fix your thoughts upon your business , fill ...
... honour to have shaken Lord Hailes's opinion of entails . Do not , however , hope wholly to reason away your troubles ; do not feed them with attention , and they will die imperceptibly away . Fix your thoughts upon your business , fill ...
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... honour or profit from our press , not only their 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 ...
... honour or profit from our press , not only their 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 ...
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