The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 101
... king to approve of an execution for rebellion , so long after the time when it was committed ; as this had the appearance of putting a man to death in cold blood " , and was very unlike his majesty's usual clemency . While he was ...
... king to approve of an execution for rebellion , so long after the time when it was committed ; as this had the appearance of putting a man to death in cold blood " , and was very unlike his majesty's usual clemency . While he was ...
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... king . In 1741 he wrote for the Gentleman's Magazine the Pre- face , conclusion of his Lives of Drake and Barretier , * a free Translation of the Jests of Hierocles , with an Introduc- tion ; and , I think , the following pieces ...
... king . In 1741 he wrote for the Gentleman's Magazine the Pre- face , conclusion of his Lives of Drake and Barretier , * a free Translation of the Jests of Hierocles , with an Introduc- tion ; and , I think , the following pieces ...
Page 107
... . - MALONE . i See the singular character of king William , Johnson's Works , vol . vi.p.6 . - Ed · Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , 3d edit . p . 167 . not easily suppose him to be found . I have ÆTAT . 33. ] 107 DR . JOHNSON .
... . - MALONE . i See the singular character of king William , Johnson's Works , vol . vi.p.6 . - Ed · Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , 3d edit . p . 167 . not easily suppose him to be found . I have ÆTAT . 33. ] 107 DR . JOHNSON .
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... king , to no religion true : No fair forgets the ruin he has done ; No child laments the tyrant of his son ; No tory pities , thinking what he was ; No whig compassions , for he left the cause ; The brave regret not , for he was not ...
... king , to no religion true : No fair forgets the ruin he has done ; No child laments the tyrant of his son ; No tory pities , thinking what he was ; No whig compassions , for he left the cause ; The brave regret not , for he was not ...
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... king , accepted the usual offer of knighthood . He is author of A History of Musick , in five volumes in quarto . By assiduous attendance upon Johnson in his last illness , he obtained the office of one of his executors ; in consequence ...
... king , accepted the usual offer of knighthood . He is author of A History of Musick , in five volumes in quarto . By assiduous attendance upon Johnson in his last illness , he obtained the office of one of his executors ; in consequence ...
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