The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 188
... shew by what causes every event was produced , and in what effects it is likely to terminate ; to lay down with distinct particularity what rumour always huddles in general exclamation , or perplexes by in- digested narratives ; to shew ...
... shew by what causes every event was produced , and in what effects it is likely to terminate ; to lay down with distinct particularity what rumour always huddles in general exclamation , or perplexes by in- digested narratives ; to shew ...
Page 415
... shew some learning upon this occasion . You must shew , that the schoolmaster has a prescriptive right to beat ; and that an action of assault and battery cannot be admitted against him unless there is some great excess , some barbarity ...
... shew some learning upon this occasion . You must shew , that the schoolmaster has a prescriptive right to beat ; and that an action of assault and battery cannot be admitted against him unless there is some great excess , some barbarity ...
Page 511
... shew them , except to . Lord Hailes , whom I love better than any man whom I know so little . If he asks you to transcribe them for him , you may do it , but I think he must promise not to let them be copied again , nor to shew them as ...
... shew them , except to . Lord Hailes , whom I love better than any man whom I know so little . If he asks you to transcribe them for him , you may do it , but I think he must promise not to let them be copied again , nor to shew them as ...
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