The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... person who had never heard of any one of them . Some of the characters are believed to have been actually drawn from ... person , and the finery of his dress , was the person meant under that character . - M . ] tary or painful defect ...
... person who had never heard of any one of them . Some of the characters are believed to have been actually drawn from ... person , and the finery of his dress , was the person meant under that character . - M . ] tary or painful defect ...
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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 borne to her upon her knees , by her handmaid . But these were children in a different ...
... 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 borne to her upon her knees , by her handmaid . But these were children in a different ...
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... person whom he represents ; but even what a person would say on any particular subject . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , you are to consider that the manner and some particular phrases of a person do much to impress you with an idea of him ...
... person whom he represents ; but even what a person would say on any particular subject . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , you are to consider that the manner and some particular phrases of a person do much to impress you with an idea of him ...
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