The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons : and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished : in Three Volumes ...Henry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... present master ; who pretends no claim to his obedience , but that he bought him from a merchant of flaves , whofe right to fell him never was examined . It is faid that according to the conftitutions of Jamaica he was legally enflaved ...
... present master ; who pretends no claim to his obedience , but that he bought him from a merchant of flaves , whofe right to fell him never was examined . It is faid that according to the conftitutions of Jamaica he was legally enflaved ...
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... Present State of Affairs , intern . evid . Memoirs of Frederick III . King of Prussia , intern , evid . In the fame Magazine his Reviews are of the following Books : " Birch's Hiftory of the Royal Society . " - " Browne's Christian ...
... Present State of Affairs , intern . evid . Memoirs of Frederick III . King of Prussia , intern , evid . In the fame Magazine his Reviews are of the following Books : " Birch's Hiftory of the Royal Society . " - " Browne's Christian ...
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... present venerable mafter of that Col- lege , the Reverend William Adams , D. D. who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious expoftulations of this worthy man , whofe virtue awed him , and whofe ...
... present venerable mafter of that Col- lege , the Reverend William Adams , D. D. who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious expoftulations of this worthy man , whofe virtue awed him , and whofe ...
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... present Sir Brook Boothby , which continued till her death . The young woman whom he used to call Molly Afton , • The words of Sir John Hawkins , p . 316 . was was fifter to Sir Thomas Afton , and daughter to 58 THE LIFE OF.
... present Sir Brook Boothby , which continued till her death . The young woman whom he used to call Molly Afton , • The words of Sir John Hawkins , p . 316 . was was fifter to Sir Thomas Afton , and daughter to 58 THE LIFE OF.
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... present you made , which , if he be a gainer , it is fit he should repay . I beg that you will let one of your fervants write an exact account of the expense of fuch an im- preffion , and fend it with the poem , that I may know what I ...
... present you made , which , if he be a gainer , it is fit he should repay . I beg that you will let one of your fervants write an exact account of the expense of fuch an im- preffion , and fend it with the poem , that I may know what I ...
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