The Life of Samuel JohnsonJ. M. Dent, 1907 - 1172 pages |
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... never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times , as is so common when superficial minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed , maintained its ...
... never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times , as is so common when superficial minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed , maintained its ...
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... never to be allowed to justify , must often be very oppressive , unless Juries , whom I am more and more confirmed in holding to be judges of law as well as of fact , resolutely interpose . Of late an act of Parliament has passed ...
... never to be allowed to justify , must often be very oppressive , unless Juries , whom I am more and more confirmed in holding to be judges of law as well as of fact , resolutely interpose . Of late an act of Parliament has passed ...
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... never fails to shew me , that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : " I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for ...
... never fails to shew me , that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : " I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for ...
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... never looked at it so as to compare it with " The Lives of the Poets , " as published under Mr. Cibber's name . What became of that manuscript I know not . I should have liked much This to examine it . I suppose it was thrown into the ...
... never looked at it so as to compare it with " The Lives of the Poets , " as published under Mr. Cibber's name . What became of that manuscript I know not . I should have liked much This to examine it . I suppose it was thrown into the ...
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... never cured , ruined the sale of perhaps the only book , which being printed off [ published ] betimes one morning , a new edition was called for before night . ' " ANECDOTES , p . 221.-M. ] a book , and feels an inclination to go on 30 ...
... never cured , ruined the sale of perhaps the only book , which being printed off [ published ] betimes one morning , a new edition was called for before night . ' " ANECDOTES , p . 221.-M. ] a book , and feels an inclination to go on 30 ...
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