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... merit ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir , if they fall in your way ; but if it be understood that you patronize young men of merit , you will be _harassed with solicitations . You will have numbers forced upon 422. The. Life. of. Dr. Johnson.
... merit ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir , if they fall in your way ; but if it be understood that you patronize young men of merit , you will be _harassed with solicitations . You will have numbers forced upon 422. The. Life. of. Dr. Johnson.
Page 471
James Boswell. Progress ' has great merit , both for invention , imagination , and the conduct of the story ; and it has had the best evidence of its merit , the general and continued approbation of mankind . Few books , I believe , have ...
James Boswell. Progress ' has great merit , both for invention , imagination , and the conduct of the story ; and it has had the best evidence of its merit , the general and continued approbation of mankind . Few books , I believe , have ...
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... merit of endeavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
... merit of endeavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
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