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 ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... father has dismissed the action as groundless , and now he has appealed to the whole Court . " 1 In the Court of Session of Scotland an action is first tried by one of the Judges , who is called the Lord Ordinary ; and if either party ...
... father has dismissed the action as groundless , and now he has appealed to the whole Court . " 1 In the Court of Session of Scotland an action is first tried by one of the Judges , who is called the Lord Ordinary ; and if either party ...
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... father complied with the requisition of government , ( as to which he once observed to me , when I pressed him upon it , " That , sir , he was to settle with himself , " ) he would probably have thought more unfavourably of a Jacobite ...
... father complied with the requisition of government , ( as to which he once observed to me , when I pressed him upon it , " That , sir , he was to settle with himself , " ) he would probably have thought more unfavourably of a Jacobite ...
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... father's will . He took money , indeed , from France : but he did not betray those over whom he ruled : He did not let the French fleet pass ours . George the First knew nothing , and desired to know nothing ; did nothing , and desired ...
... father's will . He took money , indeed , from France : but he did not betray those over whom he ruled : He did not let the French fleet pass ours . George the First knew nothing , and desired to know nothing ; did nothing , and desired ...
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... father . was very earnest she should , because her talents would be liberally rewarded , so as to make her a good fortune . It was questioned whether the young gentleman who had not a shilling in the world , but was blest with very ...
... father . was very earnest she should , because her talents would be liberally rewarded , so as to make her a good fortune . It was questioned whether the young gentleman who had not a shilling in the world , but was blest with very ...
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... father at Auchinleck . " 66 DEAR SIR , 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " I AM returned from the annual ramble into the middle counties . Having seen nothing I had not 1 A lawsuit carried on by Sir Allan Maclean , Chief of his Clan , to ...
... father at Auchinleck . " 66 DEAR SIR , 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " I AM returned from the annual ramble into the middle counties . Having seen nothing I had not 1 A lawsuit carried on by Sir Allan Maclean , Chief of his Clan , to ...
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