Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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Page 122
... Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart , and so fearful was he of the consequences of another revolution on the throne of Great ...
... Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart , and so fearful was he of the consequences of another revolution on the throne of Great ...
Page 209
... Prince Charles , 1 at dinner . He was then very merry , and talked occasionally of many things with his attendants . Among other things , he said , that if he were necessitated to take any particular profession of life , he could not be ...
... Prince Charles , 1 at dinner . He was then very merry , and talked occasionally of many things with his attendants . Among other things , he said , that if he were necessitated to take any particular profession of life , he could not be ...
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... Charles the Second . JOHN- SON ( taking fire at any attack upon that Prince , for whom he had an extraordinary partiality , ) " Charles the Second was licentious in his prac- tice ; but he always had a reverence for what was good ...
... Charles the Second . JOHN- SON ( taking fire at any attack upon that Prince , for whom he had an extraordinary partiality , ) " Charles the Second was licentious in his prac- tice ; but he always had a reverence for what was good ...
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