Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 14
... given credit to his ground- less opinion , when they had such undoubted proofs that it was totally fallacious ; though it is by no means surprising that those who wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of ...
... given credit to his ground- less opinion , when they had such undoubted proofs that it was totally fallacious ; though it is by no means surprising that those who wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of ...
Page 255
... given to support itself ; so that it cannot reward merit . No man , for instance , can now be made a Bish- op for his learning and piety ; 1 his only chance for promotion is his being connected with some- body who has parliamentary ...
... given to support itself ; so that it cannot reward merit . No man , for instance , can now be made a Bish- op for his learning and piety ; 1 his only chance for promotion is his being connected with some- body who has parliamentary ...
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... given them , distinctly marked ; and am thence enabled to fix this conversation to have passed on Friday , the 22nd of April , 1763 . I remember also distinctly , ( though I have not for this the authority of my journal , ) that the ...
... given them , distinctly marked ; and am thence enabled to fix this conversation to have passed on Friday , the 22nd of April , 1763 . I remember also distinctly , ( though I have not for this the authority of my journal , ) that the ...
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