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When I after all , be the judges of his pretensions . was to begin publishing that paper , I was at On occasion of this play being brought a loss how to name it . " I sat down at night upon the stage , Johnson had a fancy that as upon ...
When I after all , be the judges of his pretensions . was to begin publishing that paper , I was at On occasion of this play being brought a loss how to name it . " I sat down at night upon the stage , Johnson had a fancy that as upon ...
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“ Sir , time ; but the more precedents there are , ( said he , ) the government of a schoolmas- the less occasion is there for law ; that is ter is somewhat of the nature of military to say , the less occasion is there for ...
“ Sir , time ; but the more precedents there are , ( said he , ) the government of a schoolmas- the less occasion is there for law ; that is ter is somewhat of the nature of military to say , the less occasion is there for ...
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... acknowledge it to be well found . be very troublesome : for instance , -if a ed ; namely , it was somewhat remarkable woman should continually dwell upon the how seldom , on occasion of coming into the subject of the Arian heresy .
... acknowledge it to be well found . be very troublesome : for instance , -if a ed ; namely , it was somewhat remarkable woman should continually dwell upon the how seldom , on occasion of coming into the subject of the Arian heresy .
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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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