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, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... tion . You know what strange effects they have produced over a great part of the Christian world . I am now writing , and you , when you read this , are reading un- der the Eye of Omnipresence . " To what degree fancy is to be admitted ...
... tion . You know what strange effects they have produced over a great part of the Christian world . I am now writing , and you , when you read this , are reading un- der the Eye of Omnipresence . " To what degree fancy is to be admitted ...
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... tion , but we must not omit adoration for want of a tem- ple ; because we know , and ought to remember , that the Universal Lord is every where present ; and that , there- fore , to come to Jona , or to Jerusalem , though it may be ...
... tion , but we must not omit adoration for want of a tem- ple ; because we know , and ought to remember , that the Universal Lord is every where present ; and that , there- fore , to come to Jona , or to Jerusalem , though it may be ...
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... tion , he wrote a short political pamphlet , entitled " The Patriot , " * addressed to the electors of Great- Britain ; a title which , to factious men , who consider a patriot only as an opposer of the measures of govern- ment , will ...
... tion , he wrote a short political pamphlet , entitled " The Patriot , " * addressed to the electors of Great- Britain ; a title which , to factious men , who consider a patriot only as an opposer of the measures of govern- ment , will ...
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... tion home when you have it . " The petition , which they are to give us , is a form which they deliver to every petitioner , and which the petitioner is afterwards to fill up , and return to them again . This we must have , or we cannot ...
... tion home when you have it . " The petition , which they are to give us , is a form which they deliver to every petitioner , and which the petitioner is afterwards to fill up , and return to them again . This we must have , or we cannot ...
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... tion , of which Her MAJESTY has condescended to be the PATRONESS . " He this year also wrote the Preface to Baretti's " Easy Lessons in Italian and English . " " DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " You never did ask for a book by ...
... tion , of which Her MAJESTY has condescended to be the PATRONESS . " He this year also wrote the Preface to Baretti's " Easy Lessons in Italian and English . " " DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " You never did ask for a book by ...
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