Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... never know but after he has committed the act on which that opinion shall be passed . He lives by a law , ( if a law it be , ) which he can never know before he has offended it . To this case may be justly applied that important prin ...
... never know but after he has committed the act on which that opinion shall be passed . He lives by a law , ( if a law it be , ) which he can never know before he has offended it . To this case may be justly applied that important prin ...
Page 361
... never read his works till he was compiling the English Dictionary , in which , he said , I might see Bacon very ... never was present when he was arrested , never knew that he was arrested , and I believe he never was in difficulties ...
... never read his works till he was compiling the English Dictionary , in which , he said , I might see Bacon very ... never was present when he was arrested , never knew that he was arrested , and I believe he never was in difficulties ...
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... never to return . Whereas the airs in The Begger's Opera , many of which are very soft , never fail to render me gay , because they are associated with the warm sensations and high spirits of London . This evening , while some of the ...
... never to return . Whereas the airs in The Begger's Opera , many of which are very soft , never fail to render me gay , because they are associated with the warm sensations and high spirits of London . This evening , while some of the ...
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