Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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Page 279
... allow the London book- sellers a sufficient profit upon vending their publi- cations . ments to circulate academical publications than those of one another ; for , of that mutual co - op- eration by which the general trade is carried on ...
... allow the London book- sellers a sufficient profit upon vending their publi- cations . ments to circulate academical publications than those of one another ; for , of that mutual co - op- eration by which the general trade is carried on ...
Page 284
... allowed that the cir- cumstances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allusions , and bright im- ages , and ...
... allowed that the cir- cumstances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allusions , and bright im- ages , and ...
Page 310
... allow him to be so in publick life . People may be honest , though they are doing wrong : that is , between their Maker and them . But we , who are suffering by their pernicious conduct , are to destroy them . We are sure that- acts ...
... allow him to be so in publick life . People may be honest , though they are doing wrong : that is , between their Maker and them . But we , who are suffering by their pernicious conduct , are to destroy them . We are sure that- acts ...
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