The Works of Samuel Johnson: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by Arthur Murphy] Poems, and talesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... guilt of the commerce , and the reproach it would bring on the catholic religion ; she , on the contrary , employed the whole force of her ridicule against the priests and their counsels . They , at length , prevailed , and he is said ...
... guilt of the commerce , and the reproach it would bring on the catholic religion ; she , on the contrary , employed the whole force of her ridicule against the priests and their counsels . They , at length , prevailed , and he is said ...
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... guilt , than to stand forth the convicted champion of a lie ; and , for this purpose , he drew up , in the strongest terms , a recantation , in a letter to the reverend Mr. Douglas , which Lauder signed , and published in the year 1751 ...
... guilt , than to stand forth the convicted champion of a lie ; and , for this purpose , he drew up , in the strongest terms , a recantation , in a letter to the reverend Mr. Douglas , which Lauder signed , and published in the year 1751 ...
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... guilt . " This reasoning carries with it great weight . It roused the resentment of Mr. Macpherson . He sent a threatening letter to the author ; and Johnson answered him in the rough phrase of stern defiance . The e 2 GENIUS OF DR ...
... guilt . " This reasoning carries with it great weight . It roused the resentment of Mr. Macpherson . He sent a threatening letter to the author ; and Johnson answered him in the rough phrase of stern defiance . The e 2 GENIUS OF DR ...
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... Dr. Johnson ? Addison , before him , had said of Milton : " Oh ! had the poet ne'er profan'd his pen , To varnish o'er the guilt of faithless men ! " And had not Johnson an equal right to avow his lxxxii AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... Dr. Johnson ? Addison , before him , had said of Milton : " Oh ! had the poet ne'er profan'd his pen , To varnish o'er the guilt of faithless men ! " And had not Johnson an equal right to avow his lxxxii AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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... guilt of the same kind . " In all the schools of sophistry , is there to be found so vile an argument ? In the purlieus of Grub street , is there such another mouthful of dirt ? In the whole quiver of malice , is there so envenomed a ...
... guilt of the same kind . " In all the schools of sophistry , is there to be found so vile an argument ? In the purlieus of Grub street , is there such another mouthful of dirt ? In the whole quiver of malice , is there so envenomed a ...
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