The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... the world where the misery of want in the lowest classes of the people was prevented . JOHN- Nunquam enim nisi navi plena tollo vectorem . Lib . II . c . vi . SON . " I believe , sir , there is ÆTAT . 67. ] 21 DR . JOHNSON .
... the world where the misery of want in the lowest classes of the people was prevented . JOHN- Nunquam enim nisi navi plena tollo vectorem . Lib . II . c . vi . SON . " I believe , sir , there is ÆTAT . 67. ] 21 DR . JOHNSON .
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James Boswell. SON . " I believe , sir , there is not ; but it is better that some should be unhappy , than that none ... believe not , sir . While grief is fresh , every attempt to divert only irritates . You must wait till grief be ...
James Boswell. SON . " I believe , sir , there is not ; but it is better that some should be unhappy , than that none ... believe not , sir . While grief is fresh , every attempt to divert only irritates . You must wait till grief be ...
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... believe , often review without read- ing the books through ; but lay hold of a topick , and write chiefly from their own minds . The Monthly reviewers are duller men , and are glad to read the books through . " He talked of lord ...
... believe , often review without read- ing the books through ; but lay hold of a topick , and write chiefly from their own minds . The Monthly reviewers are duller men , and are glad to read the books through . " He talked of lord ...
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... believe , find the ministers of the word exer- cising the whole authority of this complicated character . We shall find them not only encouraging the good by ex- hortation , but terrifying the wicked by reproof and denun- ciation . In ...
... believe , find the ministers of the word exer- cising the whole authority of this complicated character . We shall find them not only encouraging the good by ex- hortation , but terrifying the wicked by reproof and denun- ciation . In ...
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... believe , may be the extent of his know- ledge of natural history . " His book is , indeed , an excellent performance , though in some instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity ...
... believe , may be the extent of his know- ledge of natural history . " His book is , indeed , an excellent performance , though in some instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity ...
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