Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... heard him declare , that if holding up his right hand would have secured victory at Culloden to Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the House of Stuart ...
... heard him declare , that if holding up his right hand would have secured victory at Culloden to Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the House of Stuart ...
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... heard from you . I am afraid winter has laid hold on your fingers , and hinders you from writ- ing . However , let somebody write , if you cannot , and tell me how you do , and a little of what has happened at Lichfield among our ...
... heard from you . I am afraid winter has laid hold on your fingers , and hinders you from writ- ing . However , let somebody write , if you cannot , and tell me how you do , and a little of what has happened at Lichfield among our ...
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... heard had talked of leaving off the Magazine , and would say , Let us have something good next month . ' 939 39 It was observed , that avarice was inhe- rent in some dispositions . JOHNSON : " No man was born a miser , beeause no man ...
... heard had talked of leaving off the Magazine , and would say , Let us have something good next month . ' 939 39 It was observed , that avarice was inhe- rent in some dispositions . JOHNSON : " No man was born a miser , beeause no man ...
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