“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order, a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... particular account of this gentleman may be found in a note on the " Life of Dryden , " p . 186 , prefixed to the edition of that great writer's Prose Works , in four volumes Svo , 1800 : in which his character is vindicated , and the ...
... particular account of this gentleman may be found in a note on the " Life of Dryden , " p . 186 , prefixed to the edition of that great writer's Prose Works , in four volumes Svo , 1800 : in which his character is vindicated , and the ...
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... particular encouragements and presents above their wages ; it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three days at a time . " The wonder , with most that hear an account of his ...
... particular encouragements and presents above their wages ; it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three days at a time . " The wonder , with most that hear an account of his ...
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... particular cases of necessity ; and there can be no just complaint but when it is abused , for which those who administer government must be answerable . It is a matter of such indifference , a matter about which the people care so very ...
... particular cases of necessity ; and there can be no just complaint but when it is abused , for which those who administer government must be answerable . It is a matter of such indifference , a matter about which the people care so very ...
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... particular notions and manners of a people , without knowing which , we cannot know the language . We may know the direct signifi- cation of single words ; but by these no beauty of expression , no sally of genius , no wit is conveyed ...
... particular notions and manners of a people , without knowing which , we cannot know the language . We may know the direct signifi- cation of single words ; but by these no beauty of expression , no sally of genius , no wit is conveyed ...
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... particular saints . I think their giving the sacrament only in one kind is criminal , because it is contrary to the express institution of CHRIST , and I wonder how the Council of Trent admitted it . " BoswELL : " Confession ? " JOHNSON ...
... particular saints . I think their giving the sacrament only in one kind is criminal , because it is contrary to the express institution of CHRIST , and I wonder how the Council of Trent admitted it . " BoswELL : " Confession ? " JOHNSON ...
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