The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... believe that this was a malignant lie , invented by a mother to prevent her own child from receiving the bounty of his father , which was accordingly the consequence , if the person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we ...
... believe that this was a malignant lie , invented by a mother to prevent her own child from receiving the bounty of his father , which was accordingly the consequence , if the person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we ...
Page 471
... believe , have had a more extensive sale . It is remarkable , that it begins very much like the poem of Dante ; yet there was no translation of Dante when Bunyan wrote . There is reason to think that he had read Spenser . " A ...
... believe , have had a more extensive sale . It is remarkable , that it begins very much like the poem of Dante ; yet there was no translation of Dante when Bunyan wrote . There is reason to think that he had read Spenser . " A ...
Page 529
... believe the second sight , " which seemed to excite some ridicule . I was then so impressed with the truth of many of the stories of which I had been told , that I avowed my conviction , saying , " He is only willing to believe : I do ...
... believe the second sight , " which seemed to excite some ridicule . I was then so impressed with the truth of many of the stories of which I had been told , that I avowed my conviction , saying , " He is only willing to believe : I do ...
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