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... doubt , etc. I think the most clear of all his later writings ; and in recommend- ing it to you , I shall say no more or less than what you will see he says in his Advertisement to the Reader . " In a letter addressed to the above ...
... doubt , etc. I think the most clear of all his later writings ; and in recommend- ing it to you , I shall say no more or less than what you will see he says in his Advertisement to the Reader . " In a letter addressed to the above ...
Page 43
... doubt , from a proper pride . But , considering his ascetic disposition at times , as acknowledged by him- self in his Meditations , and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not ...
... doubt , from a proper pride . But , considering his ascetic disposition at times , as acknowledged by him- self in his Meditations , and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not ...
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... doubt the authenticity of this account , by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - " I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish ...
... doubt the authenticity of this account , by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - " I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish ...
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... doubt that Johnson , though he thus showed a manly firmness , proved a most affectionate and indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life and in his Prayers and Meditations , we find very remarkable evidence that his ...
... doubt that Johnson , though he thus showed a manly firmness , proved a most affectionate and indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life and in his Prayers and Meditations , we find very remarkable evidence that his ...
Page 63
... , there can be no doubt that he was insensibly furnishing his mind with various knowledge ; but I have not discovered that he wrote any thing except a great part of his tragedy of Irene ÆTAT . 26. ] 63 DR . JOHNSON .
... , there can be no doubt that he was insensibly furnishing his mind with various knowledge ; but I have not discovered that he wrote any thing except a great part of his tragedy of Irene ÆTAT . 26. ] 63 DR . JOHNSON .
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