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Page xxxix
... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
Page 157
... given in a former page , ( see p . 134 , ) we should here read March 17 ; but in truth , as has been already observed , the Rambler closed on Saturday the fourteenth of March ; at which time Mrs. Johnson was near her end , for she died ...
... given in a former page , ( see p . 134 , ) we should here read March 17 ; but in truth , as has been already observed , the Rambler closed on Saturday the fourteenth of March ; at which time Mrs. Johnson was near her end , for she died ...
Page 266
... given and received upon liberal and honourable terms . Thus , then , it is clear , that there was nothing inconsistent or humiliat- ing in Johnson's accepting of a pension so unconditionally and so honourably offered to him . But I ...
... given and received upon liberal and honourable terms . Thus , then , it is clear , that there was nothing inconsistent or humiliat- ing in Johnson's accepting of a pension so unconditionally and so honourably offered to him . But I ...
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