Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 205
... less ferocious , and therefore the laws against fraud and covin shall be relaxed . ' " Whatever reason may have influenced the Judges to a relaxation of the law , it was not that the nation was grown less fierce ; and , I am afraid , it ...
... less ferocious , and therefore the laws against fraud and covin shall be relaxed . ' " Whatever reason may have influenced the Judges to a relaxation of the law , it was not that the nation was grown less fierce ; and , I am afraid , it ...
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... less exact and much less determinate than I expected : they are , indeed , much less positive than , if he can trust his own book1 which he laid before me , he is able to give . But I believe it will always be found , that he who calls ...
... less exact and much less determinate than I expected : they are , indeed , much less positive than , if he can trust his own book1 which he laid before me , he is able to give . But I believe it will always be found , that he who calls ...
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... less than eighty , when to a man of rank who modestly asked his age , he answered , ' Go look ' ; though he was in general a man of civility and elegance . " The ladies , I find , are at your house all well , except Miss Langton , who ...
... less than eighty , when to a man of rank who modestly asked his age , he answered , ' Go look ' ; though he was in general a man of civility and elegance . " The ladies , I find , are at your house all well , except Miss Langton , who ...
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