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The King then asked him Charles Hanbury Williams , who , Mr. Her- what they were doing at Oxford . Johnson vey imagined , was the author of an attack answered , he could not much commend upon him ; but that it was afterward dis- their ...
The King then asked him Charles Hanbury Williams , who , Mr. Her- what they were doing at Oxford . Johnson vey imagined , was the author of an attack answered , he could not much commend upon him ; but that it was afterward dis- their ...
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Why , ( replied the King , ) this is more than he read ; that he had read a not only telling an untruth , but telling it great deal in the early part of his life , clumsily ; for , if that be the case , every one but , having fallen ...
Why , ( replied the King , ) this is more than he read ; that he had read a not only telling an untruth , but telling it great deal in the early part of his life , clumsily ; for , if that be the case , every one but , having fallen ...
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66 That a G King . That is now gone by an act of Par- not act with that authority and resolution liament ex grātia of the Crown . Lord Bute which is necessary . Were I in power , I advised the King to give up a very large would turn out ...
66 That a G King . That is now gone by an act of Par- not act with that authority and resolution liament ex grātia of the Crown . Lord Bute which is necessary . Were I in power , I advised the King to give up a very large would turn out ...
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| Title | Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | H. Washbourne, 1857 |
| Length | 580 pages |
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