Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... publick censure is evident , because that power was frequently exer- cised . That it borrowed not its power from the civil au- thority , is likewise certain , because civil authority was at that time its enemy . " The hour came at ...
... publick censure is evident , because that power was frequently exer- cised . That it borrowed not its power from the civil au- thority , is likewise certain , because civil authority was at that time its enemy . " The hour came at ...
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... publick election , warned his people , according to his duty , against the crimes which publick elections fre- quently produce . His warning was felt by one of his parish- ioners , as pointed particularly at himself . But instead of ...
... publick election , warned his people , according to his duty , against the crimes which publick elections fre- quently produce . His warning was felt by one of his parish- ioners , as pointed particularly at himself . But instead of ...
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... publick death , which the publick itself is solicitous to wave , and to grant me in some silent distant corner of the globe , to pass the remainder of my days in penitence and prayer , I would bless his clemency and be humbled . ' This ...
... publick death , which the publick itself is solicitous to wave , and to grant me in some silent distant corner of the globe , to pass the remainder of my days in penitence and prayer , I would bless his clemency and be humbled . ' This ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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