Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we not rather believe that the person who then assumed the name of Richard Savage was an impostor , being in reality the son of the shoemaker , under whose wife's care Lady ...
... person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we not rather believe that the person who then assumed the name of Richard Savage was an impostor , being in reality the son of the shoemaker , under whose wife's care Lady ...
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... person's child may be made the child of another person by adoption , as among the Romans , or by the ancient Jewish mode of a wife having children born to her upon her knees , by her handmaid . But these were children in a differ- ent ...
... person's child may be made the child of another person by adoption , as among the Romans , or by the ancient Jewish mode of a wife having children born to her upon her knees , by her handmaid . But these were children in a differ- ent ...
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... person ; for no man is put to the tor- ture there , unless there is as much evidence against him as would amount to conviction in England . An accused person among you , therefore , has one chance more to escape pun- ishment , than ...
... person ; for no man is put to the tor- ture there , unless there is as much evidence against him as would amount to conviction in England . An accused person among you , therefore , has one chance more to escape pun- ishment , than ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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