Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... Lady Macclesfield hav- ing lived for some time upon very uneasy terms with her husband , thought a publick confession of adultery the most obvious and expeditious method of obtaining her liberty " ; and Johnson , assuming this to be ...
... Lady Macclesfield hav- ing lived for some time upon very uneasy terms with her husband , thought a publick confession of adultery the most obvious and expeditious method of obtaining her liberty " ; and Johnson , assuming this to be ...
Page 47
... Lady Macclesfield was alive , should , notwithstanding the severe attacks upon her , have been suffered to pass without any publick and effectual contradiction . I have thus endeavoured to sum up the evi- dence upon the case , as fairly ...
... Lady Macclesfield was alive , should , notwithstanding the severe attacks upon her , have been suffered to pass without any publick and effectual contradiction . I have thus endeavoured to sum up the evi- dence upon the case , as fairly ...
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... lady in her sufferings . " JOHNSON . " Nay , don't endeavour to palliate this . Guilt is a prin- cipal feature in the picture . Kames is puzzled with a question that puzzled me when I was a very young man . Why is it that the interest ...
... lady in her sufferings . " JOHNSON . " Nay , don't endeavour to palliate this . Guilt is a prin- cipal feature in the picture . Kames is puzzled with a question that puzzled me when I was a very young man . Why is it that the interest ...
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