The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... evidence , which , however , really contradicted him . For instead of John- son's having solicited an interview ( which was the point in dispute ) , Dr. Parr is obliged to admit that the meeting was at Mr. Paradise's dinner table , that ...
... evidence , which , however , really contradicted him . For instead of John- son's having solicited an interview ( which was the point in dispute ) , Dr. Parr is obliged to admit that the meeting was at Mr. Paradise's dinner table , that ...
Page 147
... evidences of the continuance of those wonderous powers of mind which raised him so high in the in- tellectual world . His conversation and his letters of this year were in no respect inferiour to those of former years . The following is ...
... evidences of the continuance of those wonderous powers of mind which raised him so high in the in- tellectual world . His conversation and his letters of this year were in no respect inferiour to those of former years . The following is ...
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... ED. ] 2 [ A few years afforded lamentable evidence how utterly mistaken was this opinion . - ED . ] 3 I have inserted the stanza as Johnson repeated it from memory ; but I . If On the Roman Catholick religion he said , 1784. ETAT . 75 .
... ED. ] 2 [ A few years afforded lamentable evidence how utterly mistaken was this opinion . - ED . ] 3 I have inserted the stanza as Johnson repeated it from memory ; but I . If On the Roman Catholick religion he said , 1784. ETAT . 75 .
Page 197
... evidence of the spiritual world , that I am willing to believe it . " DR . ADAMS . I am [ The feather does not give swiftness , but only serves to guide the arrow ; so that ... evidence enough ; good evidence , which 1784. - ETAT . 75 . 197.
... evidence of the spiritual world , that I am willing to believe it . " DR . ADAMS . I am [ The feather does not give swiftness , but only serves to guide the arrow ; so that ... evidence enough ; good evidence , which 1784. - ETAT . 75 . 197.
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James Boswell John Wilson Croker. " You have evidence enough ; good evidence , which needs not such support . " JOHNSON . " I like to have more . " Mr. Henderson , with whom I had sauntered in the venerable walks of Merton College , and ...
James Boswell John Wilson Croker. " You have evidence enough ; good evidence , which needs not such support . " JOHNSON . " I like to have more . " Mr. Henderson , with whom I had sauntered in the venerable walks of Merton College , and ...
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