The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... sure that such passages are combinations of what he has remembered of the works of other writers who could see . That foolish fellow , Spence , has laboured to explain philosophically how Blacklock may have done , by means of his own ...
... sure that such passages are combinations of what he has remembered of the works of other writers who could see . That foolish fellow , Spence , has laboured to explain philosophically how Blacklock may have done , by means of his own ...
Page 318
... sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not think there is somebody still poorer , and still more contemptible . " As my stay in London at this time was very short , I ...
... sure , Sir , there are ; but they don't know it . There is no being so poor and so contemptible , who does not think there is somebody still poorer , and still more contemptible . " As my stay in London at this time was very short , I ...
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... sure you were a man of a good heart , and a candid man , and seemed to hope he should be able to convince you of the antiquity of a good proportion of the poems of Ossian . After all that has passed , I think the matter is capable of ...
... sure you were a man of a good heart , and a candid man , and seemed to hope he should be able to convince you of the antiquity of a good proportion of the poems of Ossian . After all that has passed , I think the matter is capable of ...
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