The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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Page 60
... effect , must be permanent and stable . It may be faid , in the language of the schools , Lex non recipit majus et minus , -we may have a law , or we may have no law , but we can- not have half a law . We must either have a rule of ...
... effect , must be permanent and stable . It may be faid , in the language of the schools , Lex non recipit majus et minus , -we may have a law , or we may have no law , but we can- not have half a law . We must either have a rule of ...
Page 66
... effects from bleeding and phyfick ; and am afraid , that I must expect help from brighter days and fofter air . " Write to me now and then ; and when- ever any good befalls you , make hafte to let me me know it , for no one will rejoice ...
... effects from bleeding and phyfick ; and am afraid , that I must expect help from brighter days and fofter air . " Write to me now and then ; and when- ever any good befalls you , make hafte to let me me know it , for no one will rejoice ...
Page 69
... effect upon reasonable minds . It may augment noife , but it never can enforce argument . If you speak to a dog , you use action ; you hold up your hand thus , because he is a brute ; and in proportion as men are removed from brutes ...
... effect upon reasonable minds . It may augment noife , but it never can enforce argument . If you speak to a dog , you use action ; you hold up your hand thus , because he is a brute ; and in proportion as men are removed from brutes ...
Page 89
... effect in favour of Mr. Douglas ; of whofe legitimate filiation I was then , and am ftill , firmly convinced . Let me add , that no fact can be more respectably ascertained , than by the judgement of the most auguft tribunal in the ...
... effect in favour of Mr. Douglas ; of whofe legitimate filiation I was then , and am ftill , firmly convinced . Let me add , that no fact can be more respectably ascertained , than by the judgement of the most auguft tribunal in the ...
Page 98
... effect of his book , which he had written in a season of penitence . Or he may have been a man of rigid felf - denial , fo that he would have no reward for his pious labours while in this world , but refer it all to a future ftate ...
... effect of his book , which he had written in a season of penitence . Or he may have been a man of rigid felf - denial , fo that he would have no reward for his pious labours while in this world , but refer it all to a future ftate ...
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