The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... given to all those who were touched , which may partially exculpate the poorer part of our ancestors from the imputation of implicit credulity . Fabian Phillips , in his treatise on Purveyance , asserts , that the angels issued by the ...
... given to all those who were touched , which may partially exculpate the poorer part of our ancestors from the imputation of implicit credulity . Fabian Phillips , in his treatise on Purveyance , asserts , that the angels issued by the ...
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... given several proofs of vial merriment to the voluptuous and dissolute , might have enabled him to excel among the virtuous and the wise . Life of Fenton . - ED . b He is said to be the original of the parson in Hogarth's Modern ...
... given several proofs of vial merriment to the voluptuous and dissolute , might have enabled him to excel among the virtuous and the wise . Life of Fenton . - ED . b He is said to be the original of the parson in Hogarth's Modern ...
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... Gentleman's Magazine , 1743. - Boswell . His name , however , was not given . See Gent . Mag . XIII . 378.-ED. Epilogue , intended to have been spoken by a lady ÆTAT . 3—19 . ] 27 DR . JOHNSON . The Young Authore. ...
... Gentleman's Magazine , 1743. - Boswell . His name , however , was not given . See Gent . Mag . XIII . 378.-ED. Epilogue , intended to have been spoken by a lady ÆTAT . 3—19 . ] 27 DR . JOHNSON . The Young Authore. ...
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... given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden , to translate Pope's Messiah into Latin verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he obtained ...
... given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden , to translate Pope's Messiah into Latin verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he obtained ...
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... given in a note to the above- mentioned chapter in Rasselas , vol . i . p . 293. Oxford edition of Johnson's works . An incessant dread of insanity , in one form or other , was that single idea to the despotism of which , to adopt the ...
... given in a note to the above- mentioned chapter in Rasselas , vol . i . p . 293. Oxford edition of Johnson's works . An incessant dread of insanity , in one form or other , was that single idea to the despotism of which , to adopt the ...
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