Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... person , and the finery of his dress , was the person meant under that character . M. ] cy , and acurate description of real life , I ap- peal to No. 19 , a man who wanders from one profession to another , with most plausible reasons ...
... person , and the finery of his dress , was the person meant under that character . M. ] cy , and acurate description of real life , I ap- peal to No. 19 , a man who wanders from one profession to another , with most plausible reasons ...
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... person from what he really was ; for that the right of Chieftian- ship attached to the blood of primogeniture , and , therefore , was incapable of being trans- ferred . I added , that though Esau sold his birthright , or the advantages ...
... person from what he really was ; for that the right of Chieftian- ship attached to the blood of primogeniture , and , therefore , was incapable of being trans- ferred . I added , that though Esau sold his birthright , or the advantages ...
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... person who receives it to be the first in lite lege . The subject of this beautiful poem was rary merit . At the other examinations , the person thus particularly interesting to Johnson , who had distinguished may be only the second in ...
... person who receives it to be the first in lite lege . The subject of this beautiful poem was rary merit . At the other examinations , the person thus particularly interesting to Johnson , who had distinguished may be only the second in ...
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